More on the title later.
Did not write for a long time,something terrible in the home front.
On the easter day,suddenly she had high fever 39.5,she had medicines and was ok on Monday,again on Monday evening fever rose up to 40.5 and she was admitted for almost a week. On thursday fever went up to 41.2 and did not answer for any medicines,nothing worked for her,except sponging,that is the only thing which brought down the temperature. Test results were all normal expect for indicating bacterial infection with WBC count high up until 22k.
Needless to say i was scared and heart broken,it was extremely traumatic with high temperature as 41.2,you are not sure what to do and i cried calling my mom.We had prayed to all gods in this world.Though doctor claims it to be a simple bacterial infection,they are clueless as why the temp is increasing heavily and i did consult with her Indian pediatrician and she was also clueless,doctor said this infection is common here nowdays.Whatever,those were absolute nightmarish days of checking temp,sleepless nights of sponging,holding your baby to get hurt by strangers etc.,etc.,.Even today am paranoid as what if the fever would return.
My amma says it’s the bad spell of the home in which you live, after this lead DD also started thinking that way,to an extent that is right,after coming here Ambuli got serious illness and beginning of this year was terrible for us and end of April horrible. A close friend of DD calls it “jinx”,am not able to conclude on anything.
Post hospital blues has a deep effect on her,ever cranky,cringing and uncontrollably crying for everything,to be precise crying at the drop of the hat and hurting me n dd.And cries heavily while dropping at school.Am again clueless as how to deal with this,just assuming this as a phase and waiting to pass through.
DD is not in town this week and am to drop her at school and pick her up,yesterday she sobbed so long right in the car itself.So today morning struggle started while trying to dress up itself,she picked up her favorite soft toy and claimed that she will take him to school. I tried to leave that toy when leaving home,but she rejected heavily and carried it all the way to school and back home.
So what is the favorite soft toy? Its an elephant we got her after India trip,while in India i bought this book “Gajapathi Kulapathi”(Tulika fame) for her and she enjoyed it immensely it was a staple meal time book for her,so this elephant was named as “Gabba kuthi” in her vocab.Elephant is her favorite animal anytime and Gabba kuthi just flamed it well,she will eat with it,sleep with it,wash it,feed it,clean the bum and today it went to school.
In the Journey of life 
May 9, 2011 at 4:59 pm
oh that’s bad. hope she’s gotten all better now. many many hugs.
May 13, 2011 at 3:51 pm
Thanks much T.
May 9, 2011 at 5:00 pm
omg.. glad to know she is better now. a week in hospital? I can’t even imagine that situation.. take good care ambuli’s family.. Let her take gabba kuthi to school if that makes her feel comfortable. If school doesn’t allow get some special permission I say. She deserves pampering until she feels good and is out of these hospital blues.
May 13, 2011 at 3:52 pm
She is always pampered i think that where i went wrong in parenting.She did not take it after first day though.
May 9, 2011 at 6:55 pm
Oh dear. I hope she feels better and is back to sweeure the house if u r feeling so – belief or not, such things keep playing on ur mind and we tend to associate everything to it.
We did change the house after that big robbery too, not bcoz of any belief, but just bcoz I ws just nt very comfortable living there! Hugs!
May 13, 2011 at 3:53 pm
Some negative vibes feel though,this is not a bad house though,though i dont believe 100%,now am also inclined to think that way,influence you see.
May 9, 2011 at 8:34 pm
hey..glad to knw tht kutti has recovered..paavam wud”ve suffered 😦
May 13, 2011 at 3:54 pm
Suffered is less to say,it was extremely traumatic whenever nurse came with a IV shot.
May 9, 2011 at 9:26 pm
These are the most heartbreaking moments of parenthood. Great to hear that she is back to normal, but our hearts go out to you for the tough time. Big hug to Ambuli.
May 13, 2011 at 3:54 pm
Well said,most heartbreaking. Thanks Ramesh.
May 9, 2011 at 9:58 pm
I hope Ambuli is doing much better now and that this spell of crying will pass. Hope you are getting some rest as well.
Hugs to both Ambuli and you.
May 13, 2011 at 3:56 pm
She is ok,still low grade fever sometimes,a break should help i believe.
May 10, 2011 at 8:44 am
I was owndering where u have disappeared…Now I know. How is she doing now? That 1 week must have been very testing
May 13, 2011 at 3:57 pm
Absolute test run.
May 10, 2011 at 9:30 am
You are doing fine, as a mom and Ambuli as a daughter. The crankiness (stemming from being scared on seeing unknown faces at the hospital) will dissipate after a while. Of course, Gabba kuthi will be a nice companion to her, and isn’t the elephant God, the remover of all obstacles? 🙂
May 13, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Its not about unknown faces it more about the torture of IV in her hands,that made her very very angry even in sleep she was disturbed.
May 10, 2011 at 11:19 am
Hope she is fully fine now…Hugs to you
May 13, 2011 at 3:59 pm
Better than before,though not fully.
May 10, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Hope Ambuli is doing better. Hugs to you. I went through alot of sickness week with T and I can totally feel how you would have gone through. R and I are not superstitious but when it comes to Chucky we tend to be.
May 13, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Its not being supersitious,but i believe in the negative vibes,still am unable to conclude anything.
May 13, 2011 at 12:53 pm
hope kutti ponnu is doing fine now… if Gabha kuthi is doing his bit in helping her settle down, i think it is ok.. the hospital stay and her illness must have been hard on you! take care and many hugs to you and Ambuli kutti!
May 13, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Thanks much.
October 20, 2015 at 8:26 am
Stumbled upon this blog and post just now. Gajapati Kulapati and I send our love to Ambuli. 🙂