It happened when I was giving an exam for my final semester of my Graduation. That day I felt extremely tired when I went up the stairs. After the paper ended (as we call these exams here
) when I went down the stairs, I almost fell on the guy in front of me. Anyway I was rushed to hospital straight from the University! There my parents told the Docs that I was Thal maj and all the required history to assist them. The took my HB and guess what it was a fraction more than 2g/dl (I think 2.3, whatever! I forgot
). Then my mom noticed that I had bruises all over my legs. We also told the docs that I had bleeding from the nose recently although it was winter season which I usually experience in extream summer sun. Thus they took my Platelet count and found it around 2500 / (Some quantity of blood, I forgot this unit too
) which should be around 5 million. Anyway I got transfused with 10-15 Packs of Platelets and during this whenever I took a bite of something, my gums would also start to bleed! Even when I drank the ice cold water they gave me to stop the gum bleeding I would colorise it with light shade of
red. The docs said that my spleen was misfunctioning and recommended it to be taken out.
Then there was this nurse who told us that she had treated Haemophillia patients and she advised us to take "
Peanuts" in my diet to increase platelets as it helped the Heamophilla patients a lot and since my Platelet genes are o.k I should have faster recovery! She also suggested I took them with their "thin inner brown skin intact around the seeds". My platelets weren't gaining as much after each Platelet pack and they discharged me at 5 million platelets and then at home I started taking in peanuts since it was winter and they were easily available in this season and added
"Peanut butter and jelly sandwitch" to my breakfast. After 2 weeks (my usual transfusion time) I also gave a check on my platelet count and was surprised to see them at about 7.5million with just two weeks of peanuts!! After that my breakfast always contains at least one slice of
"Peanut butter and jelly sandwitch" even in the summer when the whole peanuts are not in the market.
During my hospitalisation some medical students who came to study on me prescribed some drugs that shouldn't have been prescribed in my low HB levels. When I took those medicine at home they gave me "fits" and I passed out. I was again rushed to the hospital and docs said I was in a coma and there's no telling when I will wake up. My family told me that I woke up several times and interacted with them again those "fits" kicked in and I passed out again. I really have no memory of this except for one time when I saw my uncle standing besides my bed in the "Emergency ward" and those fits kicked in again and the next thing I knew that I woke up the "Genral Ward". After that I think the medicine cleared out and after that I didn't have that problem again. (Boy I wish I find those idiots who prescribed me that medicine
). I was again hospitalised and it was time for the next paper(Exam) and I left the hospital with my status still "Admitted" on the file and came home and the next day went to college to give the exam!
. Such is the convenience of Pakistani hospitals. You can just walk out anytime you like! Anyway I was discharged after a day when the doc said I was stable
Anyway when my exam result came out I was amazed to see that in the paper(exam) when my HB was 2 and Plts were 2K, I got the highest score compared to all the other subjects, but unfortunately the paper(exam) in which I dumped the hospital, I scored quite less as I didn't got to study well. Overall my GPA was 3.5 which is quite good! if you consider the condition in which I gave the exams.