Monthly Archive for April, 2008

Early morning, after taking bath I went to visit my parents at their house. I found my sister boiling pumpkins. She shared some to me and it was so nice. I kept one part of it for my wife. “Where have you taken these nice pumpkins?” she asked me. “At mum’s house” I answered her.

“How do you do today?” my mother asked me. I told her that I was feeling better than the past day. She was so happy having heard that there was quite improvement.

A man stole three cattle. A man who was a supervisor for a certain cattle ranch stole three cattle and slaughtered them. The man was found with meat on the vehicle at around 11 night when he was trying to corrupt roadblock police officers to pass to Blantyre from Chikwawa. The man arrested and referred to Chikwawa police station.

My wife left me for garden to fetch vegetables. She told me to wait for breakfast after she is back from the garden. She prepared some porridge mixed with fresh cow milk. “Still I don’t have firewood and I need to fetch some soon after taking breakfast,” she told me. After that breakfast, she left for the borehole to draw water. I was just sleeping inside my room and felt loneliness because she was preparing relish outside the house soon after drawing water.

Mother in law and uncle cheered me home. At around 8am, I saw my wife’s uncle and mother in law arriving at my house while I was chatting with my young brother at his residence. My wife was also not around. I walked slowly to meet them at home, though I was at indolence. “Sorry I was at that young brother’s house but I saw you. My wife is also not around I do not know where she has gone” I told my mother in law. I provided them seats and welcomed them. “This one is my brother” she introduced the uncle to my wife. “Thank you and welcome once again” I said.

When my wife came back where she was, I gave her some money to buy goat meat for we had no relish to prepare food for the visitors. My wife assisted by her mother prepared that relish. At lunchtime, it was nice meal, which we all enjoyed. After taking that lunch, uncle left back for his home.

Cloudy morning, I woke up and tried to force myself to move. I managed to move and my wife was so happy. Then the doctor came in and asked me if I was managing to move. “Today I am feeling better that I can manage to move a little bit as child” I told the doctor. Soon after he went out, my wife brought breakfast. It was a batter day for I sat on the chair while taking that breakfast since I underwent surgical process.

Wedding at hospital’s premises. The hospital’s dentist cheered me at around 10am, and told me to attend that ceremony if I could manage to move and watch the ceremony. The ceremony started at 2pm. I was just hearing different songs through the room window. “You can go and watch the ceremony if you feel” I told my wife. “I can not leaving you alone because I am here looking for you not anything else” she told me.

Young brother cheered me. My young brother all the way from home came to cheer me. “How do you do now?” he asked me. “Today, no problem because I am trying to move that means tomorrow it shall improve more than today” I told him. He chatted with me for almost 2 hours and was leaving for home, Chinangwa village at 3:25pm. I told him to greet people for me and tell them not to get worried for there was quite improvement.

Doctor cheered me. “If you are managing to move, then tomorrow you may be discharged” he told me. My wife was happy to get that the following day we could go home. Late in the evening, I asked my wife to take off the baby from his back so that I could play with it. “The baby has missed playing with you and I hope it was just wondering why dad was not taking me, instead is just lying for all these days. The baby did not know that dad is sick” she was telling me while playing with the baby

As was scheduled to undergo surgical process, I arrived at the hospital early at around 6:45am. I was together with my wife. I met the doctor who advised me to wait for the specialist. I was referred to admission nurse to prepare a place for me before going to the theatre. I was still hungry as was advised. I was told to wait because there were many patients who were undergoing surgical process.

3:30pm, theatre. I was taken to the theatre where I started trembling with fear. There was a big surgical team inside the room. The process started at 3:47pm and then taken out of the room on the wheel bed for the admission room. My wife was just quite as if she was about to cry. “I was about to cry with fear, I was not expecting that you could come and meet me alive. I was just keeping on playing for you” she told while giving breast-feeding to the young boy, junior. “Do you want some food?” she asked me. I told her to wait for an hour.

At around 8evening I felt painful. After taking painkillers, I felt comfortable. Then my wife brought me some food to take. “I am now feeling better after taking those painkillers” I told her. “Thank you for that, praised the only Almighty,” she concluded.

“I was failing to take lunch and I am as hungry as you are. I could not take any food whilst you are not” she told me. I took nsima without any difficulties.

It was bright shining of sunlight when I woke up at Abiti Nyamula Rest house that was Nchalo. I slept at Nchalo for I was advised to meet the doctor responsible early morning. I did not take any break fast or drink as was advised by the doctor. I arrived at the hospital at 6:35 am. Soon after my arrival, my wife got me all the way from home almost 25km from Dyeratu trading center. “I woke up and started preparing early around 4am and boarded the vehicle at 5:25am,” she told me. “Where have you taken your sleep this last night?” she asked me. I booked a room at a certain rest house at Nchalo trading center” I told her.

I went to meet the doctor who did x-ray for more details before meeting surgical team. The doctor advised me that one of the experts was not around. “Let me find out where he is and at what time shall he be around” the doctor told me. After communication, he advised me to undergo the process on 4 April and told me to go home if I could manage. I went back home waiting for the day. Then I bought some refreshments because I was so hungry.

Attended Kasinthula Cane Growers meeting. When I turned back home I heard that farmers had their meeting. I went to attend that meeting. Farmers had to discuss and resolve several issues. One of the issues was the coming of Fairtrade inspector to Kasinthula. I reminded the premium committee to make sure that all corrective actions are finished and continue accomplishing already implemented projects. The trust representative reported what they discussed at their last meeting. The meeting ended at 1:20pm.