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I was back in
front of the operating theatre again. I couldn’t keep still and kept
walking like before. I was still worried about Tai. I have seen in the
movies and read in the About twenty minutes passed. I tried to calm myself down by taking some long breaths and drinking some water. But that didn’t help much as I now wanted to go to the toilet! But, I didn’t dare go because I might miss her coming out. So, I had to jump up and down as I walked back and forth. Finally, the double-doors opened and Tai’s doctor came out. I quickly walked up to him and paid him respect. Before I could ask him any questions he smiled and said to me “Everything is fine, she is OK. There is nothing to worry about, the nurses will bring her out soon.” I nodded and gave him a wai. He smiled and said “No problem” and then he excused himself and left. After listening to the doctor,
I was no longer worried about Tai. I came back and stood still in front
of the door. I really wanted to see Tai come out as fast as I could Less than ten minutes later, the double-doors opened again. It was Tai! I ran towards her. She was sleeping! I saw a tear in the corner of her eye. She must have been crying because of the pain. Poor Tai, she doesn’t cry very easily like other girls. I felt very upset. I really wanted to be with her but I couldn’t. I touched her on the forehead and stroked her hair a couple of times. The nurses took Tai inside the recovery room and closed the door behind them. The room was only a few meters away from the nursery. I stood outside trying to look in but I couldn’t because the door was completely closed. I couldn’t slide it open myself as you were only allowed to visit the patients in this room during the evening. I thought about doing something
for Tai to make up for not being there with her during the operation,
even though it wasn’t my fault. I quickly ran up to the room to get
some money and my motorbike keys. Then I came down to the nursery to
have another look at my daughter before I went outside. She was now
in a cot near the window so t I would have liked to stand there and look through the glass all day. But before I could do that I had to go out to buy Tai some white roses and freshen myself up. I wanted to be back in time to be the first one who visited her and the first one she saw when she woke up. I would be sitting there by her bed with the white roses! I was really in a good mood, nothing could destroy my happiness. I felt relieved and very happy that after all the problems, everything was all right. Nothing had gone wrong. I am very proud that I have become a father for real now. I know lots of things will change as I have started a new chapter in my life. I have to grow up even faster than before and I can’t play around with my friends like I sometimes still do. I am quite ready for that. I will do everything in my power to give my baby everything she needs in life and I promise I will be a superb parent! Let’s see … Do you want to write a comment on this story? " A Proud Father" by Nattawud Daoruang was originally published in the Learning Post, a supplement of the Bangkok Post. It is used here with their kind permission. A Proud Father | Return to Gor's World | Go to Thai-Blogs.com |
newspaper about mothers who died after giving birth. It’s possible that
she wouldn’t make it. She is so much weaker than other pregnant women
plus she is a bit too young for this kind of thing.
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I don’t know why. Maybe I just missed her and wanted to be there with
her!
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I could see her better. I was pretty sure that she was sleeping because
she didn’t move much and didn’t cry!