Five Days in Madras - Part II - Day 1

Unlike the last off, this time everything went at peace, well almost!

First day was dramatic and will stay memorable for years to come. Well, my uncle who is suffering from Muscular Dystrophy, well a form is BMD, which I believe is the one that has affected him. Links-

http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/bone/muscular_dystrophy.html
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/md/md.htm
http://www.mda.org.au/specific/mdadmd.html
http://www.mdausa.org/publications/fa-dmdbmd-what.html

Yeah that day belonged to him. He has difficulty in getting up, so others assist him to get up. That day his uncle (yeah mama thatha for me) helped him to sit and all of a sudden my uncle fell backward (Domal!) and started to moan my name, I came rushing to find my uncle in total drowsiness. I gave him some water and made him lie down again! Time went on and after half an hour I went to check him again. He turned towards to me and asked “When did you come?” I was appadiye shocked to hear such a statement. I was there with him from the time I reached home; we had a long talk on investments and the gift to be bought for my Mom on her birthday (the following day!)! I was tensed and I called my sis, who was leaving for her class, to come over and help me. When she arrived my uncle turned towards her and asked “Where are you going?” she first couldn’t understand, then I explained what had happened! She got tensed and called up mom, who was in school.

This went on for some time, we tried to explain how he fell (Well, he had forgotten that too!). He recollected everything. It was a big relief, machi! Very big burden thrown off!

I was beginning to think on how we are going to survive such a massive blow- He was our think-tank, financier and everything! He has an amazing will power that every one of us lacks! He is the MAN!

That night we were out to buy a gift to my mom, as thought before it was supposed to be a Gold Chain funded by my Uncle! We set out (Me, my sis, NB and Eswar) to Tanishq, but dashed it as it was getting late and headed directly to NAC. There we bought a necklace and headed home and hid it (luckily power was off! Well, it was a necessary evil as I’d also bought Ice Creams).

Cut vegetables and hit bed at 0140hrs! Sis gift wrapped the chain, and I asked her to place the gift next to my mom’s pillow [who now was snoring away to glory]. Next day...

Night breaks; Day one over!