After tying up loose ends at the office right at opening hour, I rushed back home to pick up Lekha to attend to an appointment with the doctor(a good friend of ours) at the Army Hospital(Research & Referral). The dash to the hospital was achieved notwithstanding all the traffic restrictions, courtesy the CWG! She was supposed to have suffered a DVT(deep vein thrombosis) due to a fall, over the weekend and her left leg now looked as though she was suffering from Filaria!
Our hospitals can become very bureaucratic when one least expects them to be and I’d mentioned it earlier in this forum. The guy at the reception had to be put in his place with a bit of firm, no nonsense talk from my side. Since it was an emergency and the doctor had initialed its urgency, the people at the various counters that I went across, just came round to my frequency and we’re able to get the following tests done at a comparatively short time :-
(a) Doppler of the arteries and veins of both limbs.
(b) Blood tests to find out resurgence, if any, of her old ailment, SLE.
The blood samples came in the same way as was our last experience – the smiling sister just couldn’t find the right vein and had Lekha squirming with pain, throughout the ordeal.
Armed with the results, we did return to our doctor who’d then firmly ruled out DVT and said that the swelling was caused by the concussion of one of the veins during the weekend fall and thankfully, admission in the hospital was ruled out. Medicines were prescribed accordingly and we’re finally out of the maze of the hospital by a half past two.
After dropping Lekha at home and a quick change, I reached office soon after. The late lunch of noodles and fruits was relished with the comforting knowledge that the worry on my wife’s ailment was on its way out.
There never is a dull moment!
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