Life in these uncertain
times of the corona pandemic can disturb the mental thought process and weakens
the immune systems of the body. This brings on disease at a time when you least
expect it. In this note of gratitude of mine, I wish to tell my brief story of
an experience that may act as a wakeup call to all my good friends, well
wishers & other citizens reading this short story:
It was on the 22nd
of September, when my good old tourism friends Deven Shiwakoti and my Arjun
Simkhada had visited me at my office Encountersnepal.com . I wasn’t too well on
this day which was a start to a bad experience of an unknown cold germ that was
building up in my body. My head was heavy & I wasn’t feeling too well. We
enjoyed some herbal tea & I decided to go home. The next 2 days was an
unknown normal. It was on Saturday when the germ in my body peaked & I decided
to go to the hospital. The nearest was Manmohan hospital who referred us
to the Teaching hospital. At the teaching hospital, X-rays were done
& my chest & lungs were found to be misty and clouded. The doctors
said I must be transferred immediately to an ICU unit. I soon realized
that my life could be possibly hanging on a thin redline between life &
death. I had also done a covid 19 test twice at HAMs which returned neg.
this was the only bright spot in my bitter experiences that had only just begun.
No ICU was vacant at teaching hospital so I was referred to Green city
hospital. Along with my family & friends, I was transferred in an
ambulance to Greencity hospital. It was here where after a string of blood
tests I was diagnosed with Pneumonia & since even the ICU unit here
too, was not vacant, the issue of transferring me to HAMs hospital where an
ICU was available. However, a transfer via ambulance was risky because
my situation was diagnosed as very serious & critical as it was believed
the fatality of death could occur while in transit to HAMS. The vital
need for a ventilator had also developed & the availability of ventilators
was highly scarce in Kathmandu & now ventilators in the valley have become
valuable as much as life itself.Sonam Sherpa of Thamserkhu who kindly made
available a ventilator at HAMs hospital while the fear of death lurked around
the corner.
Since the risks were
95% high, green city doctors had contacted HAMs & explained my situation to
them; following which, a team of doctors from HAMs had come over to Greencity
hospital, checked my medical situation & decided on anesthesia to drain
the Pneumonia toxins from my lungs & chest. I was soon lost to the
living world & was transferred, unconscious, under oxygen in an ambulance
to HAMs hospital & immediately sent to the ICU on arrival.
I was soon connected to
the ventilator & was left to the mercy of the gods to decide on whether it
would be life or death. For almost 2 weeks without any food I was given liquid
diets only while I was on the ventilator & on the 14th day, I
soon became conscious & God opened my eyes. Perhaps, the gods decided to
spare my life & give me a new rebirth for some reasons only known to God
himself. I soon got familiar with my surroundings & realized how much my
family & good friends had worked so hard to ensure that I would come to
this good point in my life.
On day 27 the HAMs
doctors decided to discharge me from the hospital with sound medical &
dietary advice. Reaching home alive was the sweetest experience of my life, an
experience I will never forget in my entire life.
I would like to sincerely
thank from deep within my heart the kind people noted below who played an
important part of this painful healing process that saved my life by the will
of God:
The HAMs hospital team
of doctors which include Dr. Hem Raj Paneru, Dr. Rakshya Pandey, Dr. Sabin
Koirala & Dr. Arjun Karki. Thank you so much Sirs. It was your medical
skills and sincere efforts that played a vital role in saving my life.
Thank you so much Jyoti
Adhikari, Sonam Sherpa, Sitaram Sapkota, Rajendra Sapkota, Kumar Thapa, Chandra
Rijal , Dr. Deepak Regmi,Puspabikram Malla ,Kalpana Dhamala&Dr Mukti
Shretha.
Thank you very much Gopal Thapa, Arjun Simkhada,Shyam Kadel ,Jayaram Rimal ,Mukti Pandey, Narayan Nepal,Basu Wagle ,Badri Wagle , Kabiraj Nepal, Sudarshan Nepal, Thakur Dahal ,Bimal Adhikari, Shivahari Lamichhane ,Shree Ram Adhikari, Kamal Sapkota, Naba Raj Adhikari,Govinda Raj Nepal,Sudip Nepal, Nava Raj Pandey ,Thakur Raj Pandey ,Nava Raj Dahal,Shree Ram AC,Yadu lamichhane, Renu Nepal,Sudarshan Naupane ,Julia Ruhl, Andrea Ruhl , Dr. Karl Ruhl, Annan, Renuka, Sagar Ac – USA, Nabaraj KC – USA, the Hon. Minister of Health – Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal, Hon. Minister of Tourism – Yogesh Bhattarai,Hon Member Jagat Simkhada ,Tourism Secy – Kedar bahadur Adhikari, President of Nilkhantha Municipality Bhim Dhungana, President of Gangajamuna Rular Municipality, Bal Bahadur Adhikari ,President of NC Dhading Ramesh Dhamala ,Broker 33 Dakshinkali Investment & Securities,Naagmani Investment Company & the 3 different healer teams from India & Singapore, & 3 different astrologer teams of Nepal, Kamal Nepal of Mt. Mahabharat Home Stay,Older brother Brother Sukra Raj Nepal for chanting mahamirtunjaya matra , the bhattas of Pashupatinath and Bharat Dahal for Sankata. And most of all, I would like to thank so much my wife and daughter who stood by me with love & care throughout this bitter experience.
I am happy to mention
here that it is such people as noted above that make life so much more worth
living for. Now that I have been given a second chance in life, I intend to
live it to the fullest with all possible awareness and prevention so that it
may never happen again & I also wish the same for all my family members,
friends, well wishers & my fellow brothers and sisters throughout the world
with the following words…”you only live once, live it to the hilt without
hurting anyone’s feelings’’…
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