My Crucial time started on the day of India has announced Nationwide
lock down due to the spread of the Covid-19 Pandemic in the month of march
2020.
Yes, Because i was already so disturbed and depressed at that time
because, all of a sudden my Mom got mild Stroke which led to Bypass surgery
later. Everything happened in a very quick span of time. At the end of
february, she underwent angiogram and in the first week of march she underwent
bypass surgery due to blocks in the heart.
I was totally collapsed because mom is my backbone but then she is lying
on bed with all kind of machines attached to her body she couldn’t able to
speak. seeing her in such a state I got shattered.
She is everything to me but now she is on bed and I am in wheelchair. I
don’t know how I am going to manage office and home.
Luckily, Mom got discharged from hospital before the lockdown She became
completely dull and weak and needs care. So I decided to shift her to brother's
house as she needs complete rest and care after the bypass surgery.
As I went to office after long leave, the nationwide lockdown announced
and things came to standstill. Everything had changed in life drastically.
For the very first time, I started leading my life without the help of
Mom. Said No to maids to avoid the spread. Purchased grocery and veggies
online. Completely locked inside home. All these days mom used to comb and
braid my hair. I cannot raise my hands to braid due to surgeries and lot of
implants in the hands and shoulders. I combed my hair and let it free but due
to hot weather in Chennai it will be quite irritating due to sweating. I
thought of chopping my hair into a boycut as i couldn’t manage long hair
without the help of my Mom, but my husband didn’t let me to do so. He came for
the rescue to tie the hair using a catchy clip. Initially the clip slips often
letting the hair loose hair as he don’t know to clip the hair and it has become
a hectic task for him. So I will ask him to hold the hair and twist it till the
end and attach the twisted hair to the head using the catchy clip and later he
learnt to tie atop bun using the clip. Practice makes a man perfect. Yeah of
course, not only that my hubby helped me in chopping veggies and we will cook
together with the help of induction stove and at times we even make some
crunchies to munch in the evening watching tv.
Dad used to water the plants on the terrace and helps in cleaning
vessels, prepares tea and breakfast for us. We three of us managed to live
without the help of others and we didn’t allowed dad outside the gate as he is
in his 70s.
Washing is one the biggest task that I have to face then. Again hubby came to rescue. As I add washing powder to the bucket of water he soaks the clothes in the soap water. Then we let it soak of a while. Once it soaks for an hour I will start to brush the clothes and wash the clothes with hands, he helps in rinsing and taking it to the terrace to let out to dry. It is really a tough task. I was planning to buy a washing machine to reduce the burden of washing, but unfortunately mom got hospitalized and underwent bypass surgery. Now we are in debts due to unexpected medical expense. My dream of purchasing washing machine still remains as a dream. Washing with hands is really a pain for a working and disabled woman like me. If my hubby is not there at this crucial moment, I might suffered much more.
Mom was doing all these things without anyone help all these years. She
even washes my hair and braids it regularly. She prepares lunch for
eveyone and packs for me. but still I complain at times. but now My Hubby
came to my rescue. yes... my hubby became my second mom.
After the washing part, our stomach starts grumbling, the gas stove in
my house is fixed high on the top as per mom’s choice, and it is out of my
reach to cook. Again hubby came to help me. I will sit in the wheelchair and
guide him in the preparation and as per my instructions he started cooking for
the first time in his life. Every time we cook, I will make him to pick all the
required ingredients in the beginning and I will chop vegetables for the recipe
and we will start cooking. All our recipes turned out good and dad enjoyed it.
Sometimes salt will be less otherwise food is overall good. Dad also cooks
sometimes. That’s how we managed our quarantine days.
Amongst all the work my hubby drops and picks me from office.
He is really my betterhalf… no no my best half I should
say… yes… he is my world... my life and my everything…
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