Ever thought how important is the one and only head we have been gifted? Well its not an issue to think in our already so busy and pell-mell lives. But this very incident or better described as an accident made me so much aware of how precious small things are.
On the 23rd dec 2009, i was getting dressed up for a small dinner get together with my friends. Mom and myself chit-chatting over a topic and i still remember the normal life i was living, unaware of what, few couple of hrs would put me into. I casually did a tata at home and proceeded to the place where we all friends had decided to meet up. Gossips and teasing,the noisy clamour were all a part of it. We planned to dine out at a lovely place somewhere located between gandhinagar and ahmedabad. Is dinner out a big deal?????
Well it isnt i know but unfortunately it was a very big deal. I was sitting behind on the bike with a friend, and the bike roughed its way on the streets. A garrulous girl like me with an unstopable mouth would have been definitely entertaining.
SUDDENLY...............................................................
BOOOOMMMM!!!!!!!!!
GUESS WOT?
As far as i remember there was a cream coloured object in front and everything faded off in front of my eyes. After some time when i partly opened my eyes, i was not even in a state of being purplexed seeing the cemented roof on top of me instead of the sky. As if i was in an inebriated state, confused , muddled up in my head , mind, and heart. I could not even make out that something big happened to me nevertheless i started vomitting emptied stomach. Oh yes with blood in attachment,not to forget. People around me were looking grave and worried but it could be for no long as i was repetitively becoming unconscious.
It was actually a head concussion on my small brain, thats just the back part of my head. Now all this i got to know much later. We actually hit a bulky, huge, giant, stupid, good for nothing NEELGAI. Surprising for many, but this animal came rushing from the sides of the roads where it was covered by forest area. And we dashed against it while my head struck the ground and i was completely in the unconscious state untill i was taken by my friends to the hospital in emergency. But the most frustrating part was my friend who was driving was perfectly fine.Infact he took me to the hospital.Okay thank god otherwise who wud hv carried us both..hehe.
In some minutes i was crying in pain and there were my parents looking completely drowned in pool of tension trying to hold me and feel better. I was hurriedly taken for the CT scan on a streacher.Symptoms of the blow i guess, i was getting drowsy time and again.Well the good news was that the report was normal and the doc told my parents that everything was fine and she needs rest and complete bed rest for 4 to 6 weeks. Just imagine!!!!!
I did not know what exactly was going on and how worse the symptoms were causing ruckus to me.Only what i remember was some wierd people visiting me in the hospital and showing concern over that accident.
I was hospitalized there and asked not to move my head at all. The back part was swollen and it was involuntarily that made me stay in one position. I was craving for food but the doc told me that coz i had been hungry all day and vomitted with nothing inside i hadnt the potential to intake anything. I was kept starved and given the drip of saline on my wrist to keep my body hydrated.The next morning i woke up, I realised the entire set up, was told all the facts and details about the dreadful night. I thought i might be fine, and all this is just to make me feel terrible.I tried to get up,although i was uncomfortable.But this extra courageous attitude in me was hovering over my health and i started munching on an apple, contiguous with an orange, like any normal person. After 15minutes i vomitted.A piece of cadbury's dairymilk was fed to energize me. But for no more than half an hr was it in my stomach. i did not even spare water. Whatever went in came gushing out within mintues. It was then i realised i was actually not well.I gave in, and was lying. It was a challenge to even shift me in the car after i was discharged. Everyone just had to bear my vomitting in return, as a slight movement in my neck that caused a dizzy feel and made me nauseous. The next 2 days were the worst days of my life. I felt as if god is asking for some gratuity in return to have given me these 22 yrs of life.I was taken to another hospital for a second opinion.The commotion it caused to me was beyond my expression. only my vomitings were the answer. Being on the bed for the entire day and night, followed by the next day in the same position , was really tearing me apart. I was on a liquid diet which was actually equivalent to nothing. My stomach had become weak and i coudn take in anything.The smell of the same soup every while, and the antibiotics sickened every nook and corner of my body. I started to vomit for no rhyme or reason.It continued for a week.
The Christmas, and New Yr all passed away and i was wondering as if i ll be ever back to normal or not.The house i am in, where i tumble every now and then, roam about freely all the time and climbing up n down the stairs endless times, all seemed impossible and only a thing of reminisce to me. I use to look at the creb which i had made on my own out of thermocol and clay on 23rd evening itself. All the decorations for the christmas tree were kept tied inside a poly bag which was never opened. A religious tea drinker like me was out of all milk products.
Gradually on 2nd i thought to myself that enough is enough. i need to be strong and try getting up. I took off the blanket , kept my feet on the ground and closed my eyes. I held my head tight to control the giddy feel and started walking. I felt like heaven.As if i was out of some paralytic condition. I shocked my mom, although she was happy and worried at the same time.Ever since then everyday was somewhat better than the previous. Only the new thing was that i was trying to be normal and my parents who were already traumatized by the incident wanted me to rest. Then i never looked back, although i use to waiver while walking, sometimes fall for no reason,needed support to walk,but i was so nauseated with lying and sleeping that i just wanted to be upright.
Its been 21 days now and i am licensed to be like a normal person although i had broken the rule long back. But i am still being pampered for not stressing at all and it will last for a month or so.I am still making faces seeing a tea, coffee or any milk product. The capacity with which i vomitted had made me allergic to few things. And my gyming and exercises is at bay.Hope mom and dad allow me to go back and resume the normal life soon. People say i look pale and weak, and i am really happy to receive these compliments as i look thin its more than enough. But nobody @ home likes this, i am been fed so badly, the doc says to give all energetic foods to give me inner strength coz this head is the most sensitive and vital part of the body that needs full and healthy recovery. But slowly i have started moving out, and after a long wait and request had a great time watching a movie at the theatre.My lovely friends come to see me which added the zest to heal sooner.And the blessings of my neighbours, family friends who visited me during the critical time.But not to forget my parents who nursed me at every step.Things are coming back to "normal".It feels great.:-) And what i learned is to have immense patience and ofcourse destiny decides its own course.