January 17:

Its fine morning, my wife called over phone and informing me that she is going for a scanning. The lady doctor to whome she is consulting always creating fear. I asked her to go for other doctor for second openion after showing the report to the same doctor.

The same day evening, she called be back and told me that the baby should be taken out by the same day night or by the next day morning. The first doctor advised her to go to Coimbatore Hospital as the case as very serious and critical case.  But the second doctor advised her to take out the baby ther in erode only as she felts that this case not critical. She told, 'the liquid level is low, and the baby should taken out as soon as possible  as the liquid level is good enough only for further 24 hours. nothing is serious to worry, if the baby is taken out within the period'.  So she got admitted there, and operation was scheduled for next day morning (18th Jan'2006 by 10.00 am).

When I received the call, it was 7.00pm here in Qatar. As per the procedure here in Qatar, I should get exit permit from the company to travel outside the country. Its not possible for me to get the permission by night. So I checked for the next day flight and booked a ticket by 18th night Srilankan airlines. As there is no direct flight from Doha to Chennai or Trichy, my tiket is from Doha - Colombo - Trichy. It is around 4 hour travel from Trichy to Erode, where my my wife is living now.

Through night I don't have sleep, I was watching TV simply to kill the time. But only my physics was there before TV, my soul was with my wife. I was never think about my baby. I was fully thinking about my wife and her feelings. She wouldn't be comfortable with her parents or others. I  planned to go to India by 1st Feb as delivery was expected by 18th feb. When she was calling only my friend Vijesh and his wife Vidhya was there with her. I was with much confident about the delivery and her health. But I was thinking always about her lonely feelings. With all of loads of feelings the night passed away.

January 18

Morning I received call from my wife that she delivered a baby boy and she was fine. And her sister was with her. I was relaxed, but I liked to be with my wife to make sure that she can handle things easily. Infact all I was thinking was only about my wife. Its fact that I had dream idea about my child to grown him/her by different way with bright exposures. But I did not think about him upon his birth time. I was very much eager to see only my wife.

I went to office to obtain the leave and exit permit. My department manager directly went to other office which is located around 100km away from the main office. AGM and Chairman were not there in the office. GM was there and he was bussy in the meeting. And more over he was not familiar to me as I was reporting to AGM and Chairman. At last I got my manager by phone and he managed to arrange things through GM for leave and exit permit by 2.30 pm and I received ticket by 4.30 pm and my flight was scheduled by 7.30 pm...

When I was going to airport it was 6.30 pm, and was big traffic jam as one bridge is under construction nearer to airport. I get down from the car I asked my friend to drive till the airport. I walked and reached by 15 minutes and the traffice was cleared till that time. I entered into airport and the flight was delayed by 4 hours.

January 19

When I reached the Colombo airport, the connection flight have gone, and I had to stay till noon. Atlast I reached Trichy by IST 12.30 noon. I reached the hospital by 6.00pm. As because of the time delays, I was very clear and relaxed. There was no expectation, no tension, nothing. I was simply blank. I looked at my kid for first time. I took him in my hand, he was very small, very light weight (2.3 Kg).

Still it is very hard to believe that I am a father. It was my wife's wish to have a baby as soon as possible. ButThe whole world have been changed after him. I love him more than every thing. Both my wife and child was healthy. Doctor allowed my wife to have normal food. And she asked to feed mother milk from the next day. 18 and 19, he was taking cow milk.

The most interesting information:

My wife was not unconsious during her operation. Doctors have given extra dose of medicine too. And she was quite confident, and was speaking to all the doctors and nurses during the operation enquiring about their carrier and their feelings on operations and so on. After the operation, before leaving the operation theater, she shook hand with all the doctors and nurses and thanked them for caring operation. As soon as she came out of the operation theatre, she called me and informed me the message. Also she called my mother, my sister, my brother, her brother, her friends and all importnat people and shared the happiness. After all these, the medicine started working, she started sleeping with full of piece and happiness.

Some of her question to the Doctor during operation :

How many years of service do you have?

Have you ever felt bore to do these repeated job...?

What do you feel during the operation?

How do you feel, when the operation is highly critical?

What do you feel, when the operation fails?

Have you ever considered other profession?

Today:

Today we are in the new world, which is more or equal to the heaven. My baby Harshet, who gave all these heaven of happiness. (Harshet - Happiness)