23rd November 1990 - Concluded

They got near the AICU (Acute Intensive Care unit). He saw his father in tears. It was the first time he saw dad crying… The little boy’s heart started pounding…. Raman chitappa lifted him and showed him something through the small transparent circle on the Opaque glass door.… It came as a complete shock…He could instantly recognize, IT WAS AMMA… She was lying there with a huge bandage around her head; her face was double the size; it was completely blackish blue on the right side, a complete contrast to her fair complexion on the left side….

Raji Perima slowly tied a mask around his mouth and took him inside the room now… The kid already had a mental shock, any kid would to cry out loudly and scream, “Amma !!!”… But to everyone’s surprise, Jillu dint… He hesitated to take a step forward initially, but then went inside and sat beside his mom…. Mom had been injured badly, her right side was completely bandaged, even the palm and toe that showed were badly bruised…

He could now hear the doctor say something to appa… “ Sir, you have to be brave now… As you see, your wife is in a critical condition and we cannot assure you anything at this point. She might be paralyzed for the rest of the life or in the worst cases, she would not be able to survive the operation…. We are doing our best Sir.. ” … All this was because of an accident… a ruthless car driver had hit appa’s bike, trying to overtake them on the Adayar road that morning…. Amma had a serious skull injury and now she was fighting for life….

Jillu ran to his dad, and hugged him tightly… The father and son prayed to get out of this mental turmoil and Jillu wished amma a speedy recovery… Their fingers still crossed….

A year passed….It was his 10th Birthday today… he no longer pretended to sleep; there was no paal paayasam or aloo curry…. Things had changed… Jillu slowly went up to his mom & dad kissed them and whispered HAPPY BIRTHDAY….Now all the three of them shared their birthday, and mom was one year old…. Slowly recovering.... Her will power did help…She was getting back to track….

23rd November 1990 was a really SPECIAL DAY for all of them… since then Jillu saw his mom as his special child. Jillu then rushed to school kissing his mom again saying “kutty chellam... ennoda kozhanda da nee…aathula chamatha iru, appa school poittu odi vandudaren” (My dear daughter, be a good girl at home, your dad will go to school and get back early)….

Love you Amma!!!

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