The Memory Ocean-Chapter Three

CHAPTER THREE

Akshay came back home sharply around 7.00 in the evening.His Mom was not in her usual self.The moment he entered home, he knew something was wrong.
Mom cried aloud saying that Akshay's Father wasnt feeling well.He had to consult a Doctor for his illness.. Everything seemed to Akshay like a Dream.His father had never got any kind of illness before.So, he was confident about his dad not having any serious illness.
His dad was Ranganathan,a lean man in his early fifties.He was working with a private cargo company as an office Assistant.His dad was not that educated to look for a better job than the one he was currently working.So, he had to be content with wat he had been working and wat he had been earning.The day-to-day domestic activities got affected by the low-income profile that his father had been maintaining throughout his career.Overall, it was not a good career he was into.
Now, Akshay, his Brother Nakul, his mom Saraswathi and one of his friends were there to admit his dad in a private nursing home.The doctors there took all the possible tests available in the laboratory.Initially, it struck to Akshay that his dad was not having any kind of serious illness.. As the Doctors were conducting more & more tests, something was paining in his bottom stomach."If dad got some serious illness............" That IF made him to feel like hell.
Finally after 2 days, the reports were out.The doctors informed Akshay & his mom about the health problems of his dad.They informed them that Mr.Ranganathan could possibly live only for another 2 r 3 months..The disease which, on doctor's point of view, was going to take his dad's life was the failure of the Kidneys.And they also told that his dad had already crossed the stage of the kidney Transplantation.Akshay had very less hope about his dad now.
The Real Shock was when his dad sent for Akshay.He came into the hosptial room with his eyes tired of crying...His Dad informed him that he knew about the kidney problems but he hesitated to let them know about it.It made Akshay all the more sad.The sadness that he had never ever felt in his lifetime.... "We arent that rich to spend for a kidney transplantation, or Am i not that lovable to my father to beg, borrow or steal to operate him?!?! " Akshay Thought.
Days were rolling on.His dad was still in the hospital..The lean body of his dad had become even more leaner than before.He was weighing only 25 kgs.He was already started looking like a deadbody.When he thought like that, Akshay cried aloud in a restroom of the hospital.
It was a Diwali day.All the world was celebrating the Diwali with full zest except the family of Mr.Ranganathan.The news came in the morning of Diwali that his father had entered the another world frm where he came. Akshay felt like hell down there since he could not be there during the times of his dad's last few minutes in this world.His Uncle had replaced him in the hospital that day. Nakul was feeling the worst, since it was his Birthday that his Dad had expired.
Akshay did all the funeral rituals since he was the elder son of his Father.As it was Diwali day, there were fun all around and sadness in & around the family of Late.Mr.Ranganathan.