I was brave went I went into the Operation Theater, I do not know how, but I was.
The nurse came to my room the next morning at 5:30 am. She asked to brush my teeth, take bath and plait my hair (two plaits). I had cut my hair short (upto shoulder) and it was not easy to plait it. We called my mother and sister and asked to come to my room immediately from home. Thankfully, the hospital was at a distance of 2 kms from our home.
I got ready by 7:30 am. The nurse came to my room again with quarter a glass of water. She gave me the three anti convulsion tablets that I used to take every morning and asked me to swallow them, with that water (in empty stomach). Another medicine was sent in to me as drips.
By 7:45 am, I was taken to the Operation Theater in theater robes. All that I remember was a small prick given by nurses there.
During surgery, there was a voice of a Doctor (Anesthesia Specialist) that called 'Chitra Chitra' so softly and I would then read, the pictures drawn on a sheet. I was able to see only the sheet, not any faces. After reading 'This is a boat, this is a house, this is an apple' (or the second row of pictures), someone would say 'Ok' and then I would not be awake. This happened thrice during the surgery. I would not hear or see anything after that.
I could understand that the surgery was over after these words were heard. 'Okay now the surgery is over, the patient can be taken to the ICU. A soft stitch can be given to her on Sunday and she can wash her hair on Tuesday and get discharged the same day'.
They started taking me out of the OT. I could not still open my eyes. I could then hear 'Her relatives are all waiting for her, show her once to them and then take her to the ICU'. On hearing this, I slowly opened my eyes, and lifted a hand and waved to my relatives, I could see them'. I was then taken to the ICU.
I later got to know that was nearly 4 pm when I was taken to the ICU. The surgery had been a long one. The other surgeon had come to the Operation Theatre couple of times during the surgery. Most of my relatives had come since the surgery was a critical one.
Later, we got to know that the surgery underwent was awake craniotomy The Surgeon that informed that since the surgery was performed around regions of the brain that controlled vision, speech and movement they had to be very careful while performing it. The glioma was not a single piece that could be removed, but it was spread across and had to be removed very carefully. It was on the left side of the brain.
The nurse came to my room the next morning at 5:30 am. She asked to brush my teeth, take bath and plait my hair (two plaits). I had cut my hair short (upto shoulder) and it was not easy to plait it. We called my mother and sister and asked to come to my room immediately from home. Thankfully, the hospital was at a distance of 2 kms from our home.
I got ready by 7:30 am. The nurse came to my room again with quarter a glass of water. She gave me the three anti convulsion tablets that I used to take every morning and asked me to swallow them, with that water (in empty stomach). Another medicine was sent in to me as drips.
By 7:45 am, I was taken to the Operation Theater in theater robes. All that I remember was a small prick given by nurses there.
During surgery, there was a voice of a Doctor (Anesthesia Specialist) that called 'Chitra Chitra' so softly and I would then read, the pictures drawn on a sheet. I was able to see only the sheet, not any faces. After reading 'This is a boat, this is a house, this is an apple' (or the second row of pictures), someone would say 'Ok' and then I would not be awake. This happened thrice during the surgery. I would not hear or see anything after that.
Neurosurgeon Dr. Praveen M. Ganigi, Head of the team of Surgeons who performed the surgery and myself
They started taking me out of the OT. I could not still open my eyes. I could then hear 'Her relatives are all waiting for her, show her once to them and then take her to the ICU'. On hearing this, I slowly opened my eyes, and lifted a hand and waved to my relatives, I could see them'. I was then taken to the ICU.
I later got to know that was nearly 4 pm when I was taken to the ICU. The surgery had been a long one. The other surgeon had come to the Operation Theatre couple of times during the surgery. Most of my relatives had come since the surgery was a critical one.
Later, we got to know that the surgery underwent was awake craniotomy The Surgeon that informed that since the surgery was performed around regions of the brain that controlled vision, speech and movement they had to be very careful while performing it. The glioma was not a single piece that could be removed, but it was spread across and had to be removed very carefully. It was on the left side of the brain.
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