One of the worst experiences of life must be seeing the people
you love, suffer in pain. Yesterday night, my mother woke me at 3 AM.( So now
we are 3 AM friends. J
) I am staying at my mom’s place to help them. My mother’s cataract surgery was
planned today, but we had to cancel it. She was suffering from severe pain in
her left leg. Today morning we took her to a doctor and he says – Prolapsed disc.
I have cooked breakfast and lunch for them and have come to office. She has to
be in bed rest for two days. My dad will manage till I get back home.
I hope and pray that she gets fine. When we found out that
she had to have the cataract surgery, her first reaction was – “Why me?”. And
now this. But the optimist in me always
counts my blessing. And I tell her that she will be fine in a few days.
My father’s health is improving. We took many tests and took
him to many doctors. Finally it was the local doctor who asked him to stay off
milk and that did the trick. So now my father is on low medication and managing
fine. He has his dietery restrictions, but that aside , he is fine. Hopefully
in another three months, he will get back to eating normal food.
I am a little upset about this. It is so heart-breaking to
see people you love, suffer. I have seen my son go through a surgery. I have
seen my father through a couple of surgeries. My husband had a minor accident
and I secretly cried. And my mom, she has always had knee pain, but she was
managing along. But one thing, through it all, I had faith and hope that it
will all be fine, that everything will be alright. And I believe now too. J
And as always, no better time to reinforce to myself, how
all other things are trivial in front of health.For me and all other young
people out there, make the right choices while you can.
My mom is slightly over-weight and I believe that adds on to
her knee woes. Which is why, I take such pain to eat right and not gain too
much weight. As a working mom of two girls, my mother never had time for exercise.
How could she, when her mornings were spent making breakfast, lunch and Tiffin
for us? We never felt disadvantaged in any way as latch key kids. We had it
all, and my parents worked very hard for it. I guess it shows now.
It pains in a deep side of my heart to see their pain. But
there is always hope. And effort. I will do what I can to take good care of
them and they will be fine.
There are some things that you can’t teach. And I guess love
for your parents is one such. I remember as a teenager, when my grand-parents
were visiting us, my father told us that we must talk to them and not let them
feel lonely. I learnt from the way my
parents lived and cared for their parents. I learnt from my mom to love my
in-laws as my parents. And I am blessed with good in-laws. I stay in mom’s
place helping them, leaving kid behind with my in-laws. I couldn’t do it
without their support. So yes, it is mutual. I learnt a lot of my values from
my parents and I am proud of it.
Hope heals and I pray that my mom feels that hope too, that
she will be fine.
Incoherent post, but I had to get this out of my
system. J
2 comments:
My dad is also supposed to take cataract surgery soon and doctor is advice to reduce his blood sugar to go for. That’s indeed pain to see our dear ones, esp. parents and I couldn’t be easy when they are stressed and in pain. Nice to see u taking care of parents and your in-laws very helpful and kind making it possible. I’m sure u mom will get well soon. U take care.
hope it goes well for your dad. Modern medicine has improved so much that there is a cure for most problems. My mom went to Sankara netralaya. She is feeling better now, so she hopes to have the other eye operated withing this month, or in the first week of March
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