Vineet was in Class 1, so he must have been 6 and a 1/2 years old in April 2006. He wasn't being cathed until then, and he suddenly got a UTI ( he hates to drink water and the hot summer was too hot). Like all previous instances , we took him to the Doctor who put him on Antibiotics - Only, this time they wouldn't work. Vineet finished 2 courses, but they did not work. Everyday he had high fever and he was reduced to bones within a month. Finally we had no other option except to take him to Kolkata's CMRI Hospital and there he was diagonised with ' HYDRO-NEPHROSIS"- water in the kidneys. The kidneys had been affected very badly and the Doctors out there painted a very grim and dismal picture of Vin. We thought we were going to lose him. There they started another round of Antibiotics- this time he was being injected, and it was just too painful, not just for him , but for us as well...
7 days passed and we saw no improvement or response, so we decided to go to some other Nephrologist and show Vineet. We got a good Surgeon who admitted Vineet again and this time it was more needles. It was a dismal place (as are all hospitals) and Vin and me became mentally weak. We would hold onto each other and cry.Sometimes I would pray.... And then after 9 or 10 days the Surgeon announced- Since the pus, etc in the kidneys is not being drained out even after putting in a Foley-catheter, they would have to make an incision in his lower belly and wash it out for good. It sounded okay, only when I consulted my dear brother over this, he said- 'Just pack your bags and leave!!' I really don't know what we thought or did, but we told the Surgeon that Vin was mentally affected and that we needed some more time to come back and do it. So we would come back later.
We really packed our bags and left the hospital the following day.
As we were leaving, I silently prayed to my God- ''Please God, I don't want Vin to come back to this place ever. Please have mercy on him, and on us.....''
The very next morning, Vin's fever of more than two months or so, was GONE!!!! Praise be to God Almighty!!! He simply loves my (His) Vin! :)
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