A daughter in family is priceless! I am so glad my family has one such daughter. Be it a festival or celebration, it's incomplete with her. When she comes joy just gets doubled.
In mid January she wasn't well, and she decided to spend sometime with mom and dad at home. This home which she found after many months of research and tiring trips across the city, is now our sweet home. We will always be thankful to her. We always miss her at home. Dad is like an encyclopedia. He knows so much that I can expect at least a brief answer on any subject. So he went out and bought homeo medicines for daughter and also for him. The very next morning on 21st Jan he got heart attack. He took the medicine but that did not give him relief.Quickly taking the stock of the situation, she called ambulance. After few calls she found one which was near home. It was still dark outside and she went out to check why it still did not arrive. When ambulance came, dad's friend who runs hotel at the corner of the street approached her and asked if she needs any help and also told Dad that he will be ok. They started and reached hospital which is about 15 kms away from our place. He was admitted in ICU, and brother in law also reached and they completed the formalities. I just cannot imagine that day without her at home. All happened between 6 and 9 in morning, and they told me miles away only after he was out of danger. I wish I could have been there for support, but she is a hero. She managed everything so well alone. I reached in the evening and met Dad in ICU. First thing he asked was who told me and why did I come. I asked him to take rest. I stayed all night near by hospital as they did not allow anyone to stay at hospital. Next 7 days it was same routine for us. Start in the morning and stay till late in evening, because it is far from our place and we were not in state to focus on anything. There were two time windows when we could meet him. He would not talk to us much, but with daughter he used to share that he is feeling like being in jail. He feels to go out for a smoke! Not sure what's the bond between a daughter and father, he shares freely with her. Relatives used to come for visiting him and supporting us. After successful surgery(angioplasty), he was discharged and was back home.
During this time at the hospital we met a doctor. He was the chairman of the hospital and has performed more than 10k surgeries. He graduated somewhere around 1964, and went aboard and was staying there. In 90's he also started something of his own in US. It was then when he lost his daughter Usha in an accident. During that time someone asked that country needs doctor like him back at home country because not everybody can afford treatment abroad. He came back to Hyderabad and started a non profit organization on the name of her daughter, Usha Mullapudi Cardiac Center. Being the chairman of such a big hospital he was still very much approachable. He would meet relatives of patients at canteen where doctors, staff, he himself and relatives take food. He would listen to their queries patiently and answer them humbly. There's a big picture of his daughter at the entrance of hospital. She looks like him. How great is his love for the daughter!
Daughters are always special!
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