On a pleasant pre-summer morning, Mummy and I drove down to Fortis to be with Daddy before 7 AM; he was likely to move to operation theatre by 8. Mummy was initially not slated to come but I was persuaded by her absolute keenness and indeed steadfast refusal to stay back.
Daddy was all smiles as he was wheeled in. And when he emerged a quarter past 11, he appeared disorientated but at peace. He told us that he did not feel any pain at all - indeed he did not even know that the surgeon had been repairing him so radically. When a nurse goaded him playfully to confess that, surely, he would have heard some noise, he emphatically said no. Ah, the benefits of less than perfect hearing!
Later in the afternoon, just after Mummy returned home (I plan to stay back overnight for the next five days), Sunil surprised us by arriving. He was with me for a couple of hours and we even managed to get him an audience with Daddy. That is so much like Sunil - always ready to stretch himself for others.
Things changed a great deal in the afternoon as the effect of anaesthesia wore off and Daddy, now in ICU, became even more disoriented. Without going into too many details I want to let everyone know that he began to complain of pain and appeared disoriented even more. I am not sure he knows if his operation is over. Perhaps he does. I have been by his side for a few hours now and after several doses of intravenous pain-killers, he is now napping. His parameters are all good. I am assured by the doctors that the experience that he is going through is hardly uncommon.
More later.....
Daddy was all smiles as he was wheeled in. And when he emerged a quarter past 11, he appeared disorientated but at peace. He told us that he did not feel any pain at all - indeed he did not even know that the surgeon had been repairing him so radically. When a nurse goaded him playfully to confess that, surely, he would have heard some noise, he emphatically said no. Ah, the benefits of less than perfect hearing!
Later in the afternoon, just after Mummy returned home (I plan to stay back overnight for the next five days), Sunil surprised us by arriving. He was with me for a couple of hours and we even managed to get him an audience with Daddy. That is so much like Sunil - always ready to stretch himself for others.
Things changed a great deal in the afternoon as the effect of anaesthesia wore off and Daddy, now in ICU, became even more disoriented. Without going into too many details I want to let everyone know that he began to complain of pain and appeared disoriented even more. I am not sure he knows if his operation is over. Perhaps he does. I have been by his side for a few hours now and after several doses of intravenous pain-killers, he is now napping. His parameters are all good. I am assured by the doctors that the experience that he is going through is hardly uncommon.
More later.....
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