Turmoil of Emotions, thanks to internet

Deepa pretty looking girl fell in love with Shyam. They worked for the same company. Deepa in IT dept and Shyam in HR. They fell in love instantly and got married immediately. Married life was perfect; frequent arguments, few fights, hugs, kisses - all for love.

On their first anniversary Deepa and Shyam has new, Good News!!! Nine months later they were blessed with a beautiful daughter. They named her Naima. Naima means “blessing” in Arabic. They were truly blessed. Deepa proved to be a dedicated, never complaining mother. She slept for few hours, spend most of her time changing/cleaning nappies, feeding and loving her baby all the time. Naima grew beautiful with each passing day. Deepa joined work while Naima stayed at a day care centre. Though Deepa spent less time with Naima she made sure it was quality time spend, leaving no reason for complaint or regret.

One fine Saturday Deepa felt quite tired early in the morning. Naima has suffered from viral fever that week; which had exhausted her. At the same time Shyam was away on work tour. She quickly fixed up some lunch and played with Naima till late afternoon, waited for the evening when Shyam would return.

After lunch Deepa switched on her PC. She was quite a fine observer. She looked surprised, later her facial muscles tensed which relax the moment Naima cried “mamma”. She was done with her potty. After cleaning and putting her to sleep Deepa furiously browsed her PC, checking pages of websites. After some time she gave up. Turned off her PC and she lay by Naima. She wept bitterly, thinking of what she has read. Peptic ulcer, cancer……. 

Evening passed, night arrived; Shyam was late. Naima has just slept, when Deepa thought of browsing the internet again. Her search was wider this time, new sites were checked. Then she read, “non-steroid drug…….”. She was crying by now.  

The doorbell rang and Deepa ran towards the door, expecting Shyam on the other side. There he was smiling, expecting a warm hug. Instead Deepa cried like a baby. She was hysterical. They managed to sit, and Deepa narrated the entire story of what has happened after lunch, sobbing. “ Naima’s  stool was odd in colour. I checked for information on internet. I read, it is a sign of peptic ulcer or cancer. The odd colour is because of blood presence in the stool”. Shyam was horrified. He could not believe his ears. He tried but could not stop his tears from rolling down. Deepa continued to sob. He could she her lips moving but could not hear her. He ran towards the bedroom and sat staring at Naima.

 

Shyam! Shyam! Deepa cried. Listen to me. That’s when Shyam hear her. Deepa continued, “Just now I came across information which states that use of non-steroid drug may result in odd coloured stool. Last week Naima was treated with non-steroid drug for her fever. She is fine.” 

 They hugged and kissed and continued to weep till Naima woke up from sleep. Realizing how it feels to see your child suffer from a life threatening disease. At the same time thanking God that they are not amongst those unlucky parents.

 

Moral of the story

• Internet is a vast expanse of information which is subjective and relative. Do not conclude from the information. Do not Panic.
• Living every moment is life. Live It!