My Life A Miracle

MY LIFE - A MIRACLE


"I'm sorry Mrs. Braganza", but the case is serious. You'll have to rush your daughter immediately to the hospital, I suspect it’s a case of "Meningitis".

Those were the words of Dr. Kulkarni to my mother on my illness.

Meningitis was a word outside my mother's dictionary, she stared blankly at the doctor and then told him "But doctor, my daughter has been under medication for fever for the past 3 days and just today her condition had worsened with her unable to retain any food". The doctor went on to explain the symptoms of Meningitis, which was high fever followed by vomiting and a stiffness in the neck..

Meningitis is an infection which causes inflation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord It is an extremely dangerous illness, the onset of the symptoms are sudden, and death can follow within hours. In as many as 10-15% of survivors there could be neurological defects like hearing loss, speech disorders, loss of limbs, ment...