Chapter 367 - Tanaga Has a Blockage In His Brain

Meanwhile, in Tanaga's private hospital room, Ashley couldn't stop crying when she saw her husband with many cables attached to his head, running multiple tests to him at a time. 

She quietly walked closer to the hospital bed and stopped by the side. She wanted to give him a tight embrace, but afraid that she would disturb Tanaga's rest. 

The tears that keep forming in her eyes she tries her best, and fought not to drop as she stared at her husband's still handsome face. He always looked charming, even though he was in the hospital with many cables attached to his head.

Tanaga, who was barely conscious, felt the presence of someone else in the same room, and for a second, he thought it might be his wife.

He gradually opened his eyes, and he was right. There he saw the most beautiful sight one husband could ask for, and he was glad that he didn't let sleep take over.

He almost didn't want to open his eyes because the medicine he had been given had a plethora of side effects, one of which was to make the person taking the medication quite sleepy.

He tried his hardest to open his eyes so that he could see his wife, and when Ashley saw Tanaga's eyes flutter open, she immediately ran towards him and hugged him as though it was a matter of life and death.

"Tanaga, you're awake," Ashley managed the tears of happiness gathering in her eyes.

Tanaga hugged his wife back very tightly while caressing her back and playing with her soft and silky hair.

"I'm okay, Ash. What's with the tears, I'm alive, and I'm just fine!" Tanaga jokingly said as he slowly caressed Ashley's back.

Ashley pouted and narrowed her eyes, "Don't you play with me like that. If only you knew how worried I was. When I heard what happened to you, I felt like dying. Do you know how many times I cried over you?" She asked, pretending to be slightly upset.

Instead of answering, Tanaga brought Ashley's face closer to his and roughly kissed her on the lips.

"I missed you so much. Before I lost consciousness, you and the children were the only things on my mind. Even while I was unconscious, I was stuck dreaming about my family, and you." Tanaga told Ashley, while still trying to steal a kiss from his wife's lips.

When Ashley heard what Tanaga said, she was more than touched. A huge smile replaced her pout, and she was delighted. Tanaga's memory had finally returned. 

Now, they could get married again for the whole family to witness.

"Oh Tanaga, you got your memories back again! Thank god! Now we can get married again, and everything will be back in order again. This is such good news." Ashley said as she kissed her husband's forehead.

The couple was still in thought embrace and did not realize that someone else had just entered the room. 

"Ahem! I hate to interrupt you, the young lovers, and your reunion, but if I could, I would like to talk to you first." Tanaga's private Doctor said to Ashley. 

"I'm so sorry! I'm just overly excited. 'is all." Ashley said, a tinge of pink covering her cheek at the sudden intrusion, not daring to look at the Doctor. 

"Why are you apologizing? I should be the one to apologize. I'm the one bothering you two. Of course, if I were in this situation, I'd also react like this, so I absolutely understand." Tanaga's Doctor replied.

"Anyway, I'm not going to beat around the bush. I need to speak with both of you regarding Mr. Jones's condition. He wanted to wait until you arrived before we announced the test scores of the CT scans we did on him." Explains the doctor.

"Here is a copy of the result. I will go through each test with you guys so you'll understand the meaning of each result." He then handed a copy of the doc.u.ment to Ashley to look through with Tanaga.

The Doctor began to announce the result of the testing. Ashley and Tanaga listened intensely while holding hands as the Doctor continued. 

But when he was on the last page, the Doctor stopped and took a deep breath before continuing again.

"Now, here is the bad news, and this is what I needed both of you to hear and make a decision together. As you can read here, Mr. Jones has a blockage in his brain. This is what caused him to blackout and collapse easily." 

Ashley's eyes widened; she asked the Doctor, "What caused such a terrible thing?" 

"Well, this was caused by the incident that happened, which led to head trauma. This is what caused a blockage in Mr. Jones's brain to occur. We had removed it once before via surgery, which is what caused him to lose some parts of his memory." 

The Doctor then stopped again, making Ashley feel uneasy about what he was about to say. 

Tanaga squeezed her hand lightly before giving her a sweet smile, "Doctor, you may continue." 

The Doctor still stayed silent.

He already knew what the Doctor was about to say. The Doctor would most probably suggest doing another surgery. At that moment, all he needed was confirmation. 

"Doctor, please, continue. If my theories are right, the best option to fix all of this is surgery. You want me to do another surgery?" Tanaga asked with a raised brow. 

He needed confirmation. 

"Fortunately, that's not the case. Surgery would be fatal, and I'm afraid it would cause you to lose your memories for good. That is, in fact, not what I'm about to tell you. I had also thought that you probably needed surgery, but the results are unfavorable," he said earnestly, making Ashley even more curious. 

"Wait, so are you saying that there are other options?" Ashley asked, eyes wide with anticipation.

The Doctor's lips twitched before responding to her question.

"That's a difficult question with an even more difficult answer. You see, there's this Doctor that's been working on this serum that would fix your 'situation'. He lives in one of the European kingdoms, and as far as I know, his results have been quite successful. 

"I'm hoping that if we can get in touch with that Doctor, we can make a proposition with him to use that serum to you, and in return, you could help him with the funding of his research. And since you have more resources than we do, I'm suggesting that you use them to contact this Doctor. What do you think?" The Doctore asked enthusiastically.

Tanaga and Ashley looked at each other in deep thought. Both were thinking the same thing and they responded in unison.

"Sure! Why not!" Responded Tanaga with a bright smile.

"I'm all for it, anything as long as he doesn't have to undergo another surgery." Ashley excitedly responded. She will go to hell and back as long as her beloved husband gets well.

After hearing the answer from the couple, "That's set then. Let me get his information and I will bring it back. You two continue what you were doing and I will be right back." The doctor happily bid them goodbye to give more time to themselves. 

He couldn't wait to meet this doctor with the serum, he been wanting to meet him for the longest and an opportunity finally arrived…

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