It's a thin dividing line between sanity and insanity. It hit me with all its attendant ferocity, yet again this morning, on a visit to a hospital nearby.
Actually, Lekha is due to meet her doctor on the 18th for a review after her last visit, 45 days ago. Since she's been on the tablet 'HCQS' among her other medicines for over four years, this time he'd advised an eye check up and it was during that examination that the neighbourhood ophthalmologist had asked for an 'Optical Coherence Tomography'(OCT) of the retina. And it was for this scan that the two of us had gone to the Amala Hospital, a few kilometers from our house.
It was while waiting for her turn, that this young couple had come and sat beside us. The gentleman was slated for a detail eye check up and the nurse had poured a few drops into his eyes for dilation of the pupils, prior to examination. It was mandatory for him to keep his eyes shut during the period but he refused to do so, not quite convinced that he should be doing so! Or was it that while closing his eyes some bad images of the accident, perhaps, were bothering him? One never knows. The nurse repeated her instructions, his wife did the same - at times pleading, at times cajoling - but he continued to have his way.
It was then that I overheard the wife telling the nurse that her husband had undergone a massive accident on the road and suffered a serious brain injury, that has resulted in his erratic behaviour. The young lady seems to have reached the end of the tether of her patience and might snap anytime, so I thought. Her husband, otherwise, looked normal but for his unkempt hair and beard. Hope he gets back to normalcy soon.
Tailpiece.
The 'OCT' confirms that Lekh's right retina has an inflammation and the doctor was quick to prescribe the antidote saying that the condition has been brought about by her illness viz. the SLE. Thankfully, there's no side effect courtesy the tablet!
Actually, Lekha is due to meet her doctor on the 18th for a review after her last visit, 45 days ago. Since she's been on the tablet 'HCQS' among her other medicines for over four years, this time he'd advised an eye check up and it was during that examination that the neighbourhood ophthalmologist had asked for an 'Optical Coherence Tomography'(OCT) of the retina. And it was for this scan that the two of us had gone to the Amala Hospital, a few kilometers from our house.
It was while waiting for her turn, that this young couple had come and sat beside us. The gentleman was slated for a detail eye check up and the nurse had poured a few drops into his eyes for dilation of the pupils, prior to examination. It was mandatory for him to keep his eyes shut during the period but he refused to do so, not quite convinced that he should be doing so! Or was it that while closing his eyes some bad images of the accident, perhaps, were bothering him? One never knows. The nurse repeated her instructions, his wife did the same - at times pleading, at times cajoling - but he continued to have his way.
It was then that I overheard the wife telling the nurse that her husband had undergone a massive accident on the road and suffered a serious brain injury, that has resulted in his erratic behaviour. The young lady seems to have reached the end of the tether of her patience and might snap anytime, so I thought. Her husband, otherwise, looked normal but for his unkempt hair and beard. Hope he gets back to normalcy soon.
Tailpiece.
The 'OCT' confirms that Lekh's right retina has an inflammation and the doctor was quick to prescribe the antidote saying that the condition has been brought about by her illness viz. the SLE. Thankfully, there's no side effect courtesy the tablet!
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