Choomki got major second-degree burns that the doctor did not see in last 32 years of his career
I did an exclusive post on her sometimes back, saying she will always shine. It's almost a year and she is now fearlessly walking over all the places at my native home. She is a little over one year, but her activities are no less than a big kid (necessity teaches us the best). Whenever she comes out, she speaks to my parents - in her loving words which one can barely understand. But we all love that, isn't it ? Her father is a skilled worker and gets up early to get ready, by which her mother prepares the lunch for him to carry. There is no one else to help, so you can imagine the difficulty for her mother. She has to do all the cutting, cooking, while keeping a close eye on her. That day I was there at my native home and went to market to bring fish. While my order was getting ready, got a call from my mother that Choomki got major burns all over his body and asked what to do. My first reaction was to apply Silverex Ionic Gel immediately if available, saying I am coming as soon as possible. If silverex is not available, then apply tooth paste. Another good natural remedy is to apply soil and salt, but that takes time to prepare, unless you have soil ready somewhere. And then take her to hospital. Unfortunately Choomki's mother did a big mistake - she took her and immediately put water, and her skin was exposed. By the time my mother took the silverex , blisters were coming out but she applied it on top of it. And then rushed her to hospital immediately, they were all in home dresses, but getting her to hospital was the immediate need.
The govt hospital emergency room could not decide what to do, so they called in a Consultant. And the Consultant was horrified to see the level of injury , so they did a light dressing, directing to shift her to AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Science), which is 20 miles away, as AIIMS has got a special burn cell. Choomki was relentlessly crying all these time and upon arriving at AIIMS, she was rushed to the burn cell. The doctor did the treatment and then applied a full dressing, like wrapping her entire body. When he came out of the room, his expression was like, he never saw such a burn injury to a very small kid in his entire career. Only once he saw a similar injure, but the kid was able to express. He prescribed antibiotics and pain killers and said it would take more than a month to heal. Applying the silverex did help a lot. For almost two weeks, Choomki was given all the care and my mother was with her most of the time, when her mother was busy. After two weeks, the dressing was opened and then the doctor advised to leave it open and apply medicine. And Choomki did recover fast, with only marks on her body. To get rid of the marks, we have advised to do some local remedies like applying home made butter, tender coconut water.
Now coming to the accident, her mother had put a cup of tea on a shelf ,that she believed Choomki cannot reach. Her father had gone for bathe, and Choomki did try to put her hand on that shelf, which was way beyond her height, but she used her legs as well to try to climb. Unfortunately one of her finger hit the cup, and the hot tea fell on her. As her skins are quite soft, it did the damage. Thank God, it fell just below her face, otherwise, it could have been devastating. Her mother has kept a promise to not drink tea again till she is fully grown up. Life sometimes teaches us the hard way - hopefully all the marks would go away soon.
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