The ‘Our’ in the title refers to Ira’s and Mine, ofcourse J
My significant other whom I now, more often than not,
address as ‘papa’ in even normal between-us conversations! Life does take a
turn when a child becomes a part of it. So, Papa has a penchant for adventures
and adventures that somehow involve the big ‘H’! yeah…Hospitals. His most
recent knee surgery for a meniscus tear this week is just another excuse to
tell you about ‘our’ superhero! He never takes OTC medicines even when in crazy
pain, meets a doc always for a fever or cough or anything! However, doesn’t ask
those questions and so if he does the visit alone, I literally have to nag him
to understand what transpired.
His latest hospital stay was different because this time we
had Ira in the equation. While she stayed with her Dadu and Dida and they along
with Joy helped her get ready and get to school those two days, we like always
prepped her for what to expect and what will happen. While the process and
instructions may sound robotic, it has helped us so far and so we continue to
employ this tool of parenting (ahh…there I said it and made parenting sound oh
so cryptic). The surgery was successfully completed and Ira came to see Papa in
the evening along with Joy. She wanted to see how the IV works, if she can
touch that hand and do ‘tuiiii’, the big bandage that papa got and can she sit
on him or be carried by him. She was also thrilled to raise and lower the
hospital bed. When he requested her to raise the bed, she lowered it and her
logic was, “I have to first put it down and then bring it up!”. She learnt that
the next two weeks, his movements will be restricted and that they can’t do the
train-run or the horse-run, neither the acrobatics nor jumping around. He got
home last evening and they spent this morning doing activities that do not
involve movement, including placing little bikes and superheroes near the
bandage!
While Papa works his way to recovery, till the bandage and
staples are removed two weeks later; Batman, Superman and Hulk have their work
cut out, to take care of ‘Our’ Superhero!
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