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The day before

 It’s been 2 days since we have been discharged from the hospital. Nausea and pains have again started troubling him. He tried to calm down but he couldn’t because of his suffering inside. We called the local doctor home for the next 3 days and infused saline fluids as well as pain medication. But, we understood that he was losing his energy and becoming weak. So, we decided to consult the doctor again after a week.

We met Dr.Kishore and got admitted again in a week. The doctor again treated in the same way as last time but this time, Dr.Kishore had advised trying a small dose of chemo cycle by consulting a medical oncologist. To be honest, we hesitated but the doctor yelled at us, as they know the way to treat the disease in a better way than a layman like us. So, we agreed and convinced my father to a small dose of chemo.

My father hasn’t had any kind of prolonged disease such as Blood Pressure or Diabetes till then (even after undergoing 8 rigorous cycles of chemo). The nurse started a single dose of advised chemo and I sat beside my father on the same bed, he started saying something too odd (I didn’t understand and I laughed and I made a call to my brother and made him talk, even then my father spoke in the same way, my brother said something was wrong, go and report it to duty doctor). The nurse stepped into the room and tested his glucose levels, they continued to fall. They immediately stopped the chemo and infused 25 D saline. Within 3–4 minutes, he came back into his normal state. I took a long breath and understood, that it was because his body couldn’t any longer take chemo because of his lower energy levels.

After 3 days, they again infused another dose of TPN, which boosted his energy levels again. TPN acted as an artificial food (moreover as an energy booster) to him. He again got the same energy as I said in the previous chapter and he even looked bright. Dr Kishore called me and said-‘How longer would put him on TPN, try to consult a gastroenterologist again at the place he suggested’. I convinced my father for one more endoscopy and during the procedure, Dr.Pratap called me and explained the procedure and showed me the live footage, of the way he was performing the procedure. He said that there was a block at the lower part of the stomach, which was pushing the consumed food outside. I reported it to Dr. Kishore and he said, he would talk to Dr. Pratap about the further procedure.

I took him back to the hospital and a day later we got discharged as he was doing well. On the way back home, he told me that he was having enough energy to go home once. Usually, we have been staying at our aunt’s house for the past 3 months, which is 500 meters away from our house. But, as he requested and also looked somewhat energetic, I took him to the house.

There…………………..

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