infra_red_dude said:
welcome back pimpom! i remember you.. sorry to hear abt ur neice. it was shocking. wish her a speedy recovery.
Thanks for the wish. I mean it. My niece amazed everyone including her doctors and nurses. She remained conscious and composed enough to give her name, parents' names and phone number to adults at the scene of the accident. She never cried even once before or after the surgery. She never mentioned pain except when asked.
When they opened her up in the operation theater, the doctors initially didn't think they could save her and called me in (it just so happened that they took her to one of the hospitals where I'm technical consultant). Her pulse rate was erratic and blood pressure was dangerously low and unstable.
Except for some bruises and profuse bleeding from the genitals, there were no external signs of injury, but inside it was something else. Bones were broken and displaced, the urethra was severed, and her vagina looked as if it had gone through a paper shredder, muscle and tissues were crushed to pulp. The anesthesiologist wept near the operation table.
She was discharged from the hospital last week and she's recovering nicely, at least on the outside. She's cheerful and can turn sideways in bed by herself. But the internal damages require extensive reconstructive surgery that cannot be done in local hospitals.
I'm taking her to the Christian Medical College Hospital (CMCH) in Vellore, TN. I worked there before in the engineering department and I've already contacted the Paediatric Surgery department. But it's impossible to say whether she'll be able to lead a completely normal life again.
I apologise for the long post about a personal problem. But I needed to get that off my chest.