This was the most harrowing week of this year till date. On Sunday (14th Sep) I came to know that Ma's fever had once more relapsed (102-103 deg C). When I asked Baba he said doctor had not advised to do a blood test yet. Ist fever came from 5th Sep and had remission by 10th Sep. On Monday morning when I called Ma her voice sounded so strange and rambling that I decided to go to Kol immediately. So took CL for the week. S was on leave for the week so I had no major concern for Sona. Tuesday I boarded flt and reached Kol. Saw bad luck sparrow at the airport itself. When I reached home Ma , I saw was extremely weak & in pretty bad shape. Baba too was limping after all his running around & strain. There were one or two neighbours around but they left when they saw me. Ma had tested positive for typhoid , so was given antibiotic for typhoid. Dengue test was expected by evening. Meanwhile dada was calling up continuously & demanding to know details of treatment etc. Afternoon ma had some soup of vegetables and fruit juice, We came to know blood test was positive for dengue. Evening sharp at 5pm we went to Dr's chamber & dr came at 5.15pm. He advised admission in hospital and washed his hands off the matter. Ma refused to call an ambulance, so baba caught hold of taxi and all three of us boarded to go to nearby hospital. When we got there, they initially refused admission saying no beds were available, after coaxing and threatening with Kol Pranam membership, they admitted. After deposit of cash etc we got free by 8pm. Baba and I went home, had dinner & slept off. Meanwhile S called up earlier that day to inform that he too had high fever and that he planned to go to doctor the next day. I was taken aback, but hoped that it would be just a viral and subside on its own. Wednesday after breakfast, Baba and I got ready to go to the hospital. I had taken boiled vegetables , fruits etc. But when I went there, we found Ma extremely weak, fever had still not subsided (102-103). Drip was being administered. She said to take back the food as it was not allowed by the hospital. So we took it back. In the evening Sushama mami visited, Ma reported in the evening that the food was so bad that she had been unable to eat much, she was still feverish and weak. We were quite upset. I then called up her doctor couple of times on the phone to know about her, but was unable to get a very satisfactory response. We then kept calling the indoor to know what she had eaten for dinner and asked fluids like horlicks etc be given to her. Thursday I hear that she had been given horlincks for breakfast. Meanwhile I told dada to prepone his visit as ma was not improving at the rate I had expected. He was supposed to come by evening that day. Ma was quite better on thursady morning, no fever although platelet was falling. We spoke to dietician about food. Afternoon food was hot and ma was happy with it. In the evening when I called S to know about his blood test report, he said that he had tested positive for dengue and doctor had advised him to get admitted immediately. He asked me to prepone my travel plan and come on Friday. I was now at my wit's end how all this could be happening all at the same time. Luckily dada had already arrived at kol & before he came home, I had changed my ticket and preponed my flight. When dada came he was most surprised to hear that I had preponed my journey, hough he agreed that I should leave, as he would be there to take care of things. Thursday earlier that day I had gone with Baba to gariahat for insurance claim business and seen all the shops and markets filled with puja shopping items. I had hoped that once dada came on friday I would do some shopping. But alas that was not to be. When I went to visit ma on thursday, I didn't tell her that i would be going away the next day. Friday another incident happened. The airline had told me to come to the airport two hours prior to departure and get my ticket altered. But when I went to the bus depot, I came to know bus would take one and half hours, whereas I had to reach by one hour to meet the airline time. So I decided to go by taxi. No taxi was available when it was badly needed. I trudged pillar to post for 10-15 minutes. Finally I found an ac taxi and went by that. Thankfully he dropped me off well in time. I caught the flight and arrived in P. Barely I had time to discuss two things with Sona and S, it was time to go to hospital to get S's Blood report. When we went there, bplatelet had fallen below normal, and doctor advised him to get admitted. So he got admitted & I then came home thinking when this will all end. Today 20th Sep Ma is discharged , but still very weak. S I expect by tomorrow will be discharged.
