Surreal creations

The rains have brought infections in its wake. The kids are down with food poisoning, Mira first and now Ash. While Mira came through on home medications, Ash had to be taken to the hospital yesterday night since he was puking bad. He is a familiar face with the doctors and nurses there, and one nurse asked Ash if he doesnt give any peace to his parents.

I saw a newborn baby in the baby warmer in the emergency room, and it brought back all those good memories of the pregnancies and after. The baby was asleep with nothing on his/her body except a diaper and a piece of thick green cloth to shield its eyes from the blue light of the warmer. The diaper looked alien on its body. The blue light made it look like a creature from another world. Or should I say, womb? I cant explain the riot of emotions I felt as I stared unabashedly at the baby. Made me almost want to have another baby. Coincidentally Ash had brought that question to his dad a while earlier: "Why is it that T aunty has a baby in her womb but Amma doesnt?"

I felt loath to leave the baby, whose warmer stood next to the cot Ash was made to lie down for his intravenal Emset injection. The nurses shooed us off from the room before they pricked the back side of my boy's palm. We reached home at 11.30 pm and went to bed at 1 am. Only to be awakened at 5 am by Ash complaining of an excrutiating stomach pain. He cursed his tummy with Vayar Appacha ninno and Vayar po and so on, so we took him early morning to the emergency ward again. By the time the doctor examined him, Ash was fast asleep - he gets his best sleep after 4 am every day thanks to the itching at night.

The warmer was open and empty. As we were leaving a nurse came in with a tiny bundle. It was probably the same baby needing the warmth of the warmer. I am not sure.

Update: The heavy rains the whole of this week has meant that schools have delcared the 2nd holiday this week today. Lucky for Ash who had to bunk anyway.