Thursday, December 25, 2003

Apendix attack and threatenings

Life was going on leaving all the mess up behind. Suddenly one sunday she complained ample stock pain and we rushed to the nearby Majidia Hospital. The doctors said they need to operate immediately and they said that case was worst critical. I called up my inlaws and informed them about her serious illness and also that doctors are saying that the case is worst critical and asking me to sign up the a bond before they go for operation. But my father-in-law's behaviour on phone was strange. He responded like nothing worse was happening and here we all family members including a couple of our neighbours were on our toes and not able to decide what we should do. The doctors asked us for arranging some blood and medicines and we arranged all that. Several rounds of x-rays and ultrasounds went through and were facing a bill of about rs. 15000 by afternoon. Doctors asked us to arrange for about Rs. 50000 as a deposit for the operation. As a few days back we were hit by robberies we were in financialy worst situation and this we had already spent Rs. 15000. We had no relatives or friends here who could help us so finally our neighbours and other people in hospital suggested us to go for charity hospital. We immediately rushed to Safdarjung hospital and she was admitted there. The kind doctors took over from there. My father-in-law came 2 days later. The doctors finally decided to operate the third day. We had to hire a maid there in hospital as my mother was looking after my 4 months old baby and my younger sister was taking care of all the household work. My father-in-law apologized that he did not bring any female person with him as he did not considered the illness ot be so big (we don't what we could said to make him believe this). The doctors finally diagonsed blown up appendix in her stomac and operated her and myself and one of my friends donated blood for her operation. Next day my friend and myself were advised to take rest and we came back home. My father used to do rounds of home and hospital and used to sleep there in the hospital itself along with my brother and father in law. Two days later incidently they came home for taking evening lunch and my father-in-law came back home getting her discharged before the time doctors suggested. He explained that he had to join his niece's marriage ceremony and specially that a folk dance programme was organized on the wedding. I objected how come this dance programme and wedding was important if his daughter is operated two days back even how could he get her discharged before the the time doctors suggested. He replied rudely that as he has already married his daughter with me it was all my duty to take care of her and he has no interest. He just came to see if her daughter was alive or not and if he could book us for dowry death case...