After cooking ugadi lunch i was relaxing with a book when i got the msg that tavarekere govt hospital was sending its staff to our apartment for covid vaccination. I was delighted, for after returning to bengaluru i tried to register, but it said 'no slots available' till june so i had given up. Akka had gone to deliver a cake. Srikanth was advised to do a RTPCR (COVID test) before his gall bladder sugery. So he too was not at home.
I got the shot and quite forgot about it.
Day 2 : As usual got up at 4 , had my tea and went for my walk. Fetched milk. Cooked breakfast. Others were not up yet, so i lay on the diwan with my mobile. When i woke up my mobile had fallen off my hands and time showed 7.30. woke up the family, had breakfast, cleaned the house, had my bath, cooked lunch., Went to get some veggies and tender coconut...slept again till it was time for lunch. Cleaned the kitchen and slept till 4.30. dreamless beautiful sleep all were. In between i was thinking 'waiting for my second shot' and smiling to myself. Finally got to know what 'sleeping like a log' meant. (I have hereditary sleep issues)Had to collect Srikanth's Covid report . They said it will take time. Again i drifted off to sleep and woke up at 6. Went out to draw money, collected his report and purchased some medicines. Skipped dinner . By 9 i was ready to doze off again
Day 3: woke up at 2.11 am with a pounding headache, as if many pestles were hitting inside the head. Could not sleep so got up applied some pain balm. The staff had given two tablets to take only in case of fever. I had no fever. But an inch below the spot where i was injected had swollen up like appam...😃
Srikanth was to be admitted to the hospital, so cooked breakfast and lunch to carry to the hospital. By the time headache had subsided by half. By 8 o clock all pain was gone. Swelling subsided and there was dull throbbing ache in the injected arm
The staff did not tell any of us about the after affects of the shot..and i am not even sure if it was any reaction to the injection
I am the healthiest in my house and hosptal visits are mostly accompanying the family members. I am not even bothered by common ailments like cold, cough, fever, headache and stomach ache etc.
Oh my i did enjoy my sleep though 😃😃
Day 4 at the hospital. Srikanth had his gall bladder removal surgery. I only remember moving about like a zombie...cranking the bed up and down, giving his piss pot,empty it, cleaning it, once had to fetch the nurse cos his drip was empty. The hospucevwas functioningbwith a skeletal staff due to Cirona. I could hear him moan in pain. Inspite of all this i SLEPT. May be there is a slot in our consciousness where we worry...so that the moment Srikanth said malathi..i was up like a bullet, did my nursing duties and fell asleep 🤔🤔
Utterly grateful that akka is with us. She sent us tasty, hot, home cooked meal three times a day and couriered it via Vefast/swiggy. Ever grateful to these delivery persons. Life is easy/better becos of them. Our residence is quite some distance from the hospital and I could not have managed cooking, cleaning and hospital duties
Our building is sealed down due to increasing covid cases ..
Also men and women above 50 pls do regular body check up. Srikanth's gall bladder situation was very bad. He had severe pain in the abdomen and We thought it was kidney stone (has previous history)acidity or gastric problem and gave him medicines according to that. Amma's doctor, a homeopath suggested gall bladder scan to rule out gall related issues. Otherwise we had no clue about this. His gall bladder had stones and He had to endure so much pain. All this is unnecessary if diagnosed earlier . I go for regular check up every quarter once i turned 45. Better to be safe than sorry folks. Also it is lesser amount of tension to family members. Some things can be avoided esp in these covid times. He is fine now and recuperating beautifully. All the doctors and staff took good care of Srikanth
Did u have any side effect to the vaccination that u might like to share?
When Corona strikes home
Including Akka, 24
corona cases in our building. Heard two of them are hospitalized.
Now i think v put her at risk. Cooking and sending parcel via courier services. The lifts are sanitized every two hours. Excepting a fortnight ago she has hardly stepped outside the building.
When we were ready to get discharged from the hospital she sends me a message 'amma now i have fever'. A day ago she had cold. She has sinusitis problem so i thought she will recover. but when she said fever i intuitively knew she had the virus. We consulted srikanth's doctor. He suggested isolation. I had spare keys with me. I told her to stay in her room and not come out at all. By the time we returned home, she had sanitized the whole house, poor dear and locked herself in her room.
Next day she went for the RTPCR test and i went shopping for essentials. COVID POSITIVE Report came in 4 days due to too much rush. By this time she already was on medicine and back to recovery.
BBMP has been in constant touch, reassuring her a bed in hospital if she needs one.
Our apartment people send us messages asking if we need anything.
People who have come out of hospital and quarantined at home are complaining of severe body ache and pain in the legs and SOS ing for househelps who are restricted from entering the building. Feels sad.
At home We move about with masks on. Converse via whatsapp. Thankfully her appetite is good and i cook her favorite dish. It is my turn to look after her.
Hoping to soon have her back in the kitchen, baking, dancing, singing and making us laugh.
Today made her fav BTM benne masale dose
No comments:
Post a Comment