How My Dad Got Disabled
The weather isn't friendly today and it has been raining ever since I woke up, while I was doing a little clean up I came across something that I haven't seen in years....
It was an old crouches that I saw, its my dad's and he doesn't use it anymore...
I began to have flashbacks of how his life was before the incident, I would love to tell you guys how he got disabled...
HOW IT BEGAN
It all started 9years ago when we moved to a different apartment, the place was moved to was ok and also the environment is good if you ask me...
So my dad normally goes to work very early in the morning, he normally leaves the house by 6:00AM in the morning, he hates traffic so that's the reason why he leaves so early...
He gets angry if he is even 1munite late lol, he works by time so I guess that's his kinda of person....
It was around the middle of the year when his cousin was about to wed, he had to travel there for the wedding so he was preparing for the journey that awaits him...
The day finally arrived and he arranged his luggage and he was about to leave the house, we all wished him a safe journey and he left the house...
The journey is about 16 hours so its been over 3hours since he left so we called him to know how far he has gone, we both talked for about 10mins...
So now its been over 10hours and we decided to call him, my mum called and it wasn't reachable, my sis called same thing, my bro called same thing, I called same thing...
We didn't panic coz we thought it might be network issues so we decided to try again later, we called later and it was the same thing... We we're worried and so we decided to call his cousin in order to confirm if he has gotten to his destination yet....
We called and they said he has not yet arrived, my mum was worried and we tried calming her down by saying it might be traffic...
So now its almost 8:00PM and we still haven't heard from him, both sides were worried our minds were not at rest and we didn't know what to do...
me, my mom and my sibling's we're all sitting together with a sad face... Some mins later an unknown number called my brother ( he is the eldest)..
we were all looking at him and we we're hoping it was my dad, he picked up the phone and he said;
"Hello"
The next word he said was, "Yes I am the one "
He looked and us and said "Ok"
He excused us and he went somewhere private complete his call, about 7mins later he came back with an unexpected expression on his face...
It was this moment we knew something terrible has happened, my bro in a bad mood we we're all asking him what the problem was but he didn't answer any of us.....
Tears kept rolling down his cheek, it was about 10mins later before he gave us the bad news....
The unknown number that called was a doctor, the doctor said our dad and several other people who we're on the bus are also in the hospital where he works....
He said there was a car accident and most people died and the ones who we're alive we're being rushed to the hospital..
There was a lot damage done due to the accident and we we're all in shock when we heard what the condition was...
His left arm was dislocated
The bone in between his muscles was damaged
His ball and socket joint was separated and also his leg Was broken
The doctor told us they couldn't do anything about it because it was a local hospital so he was being discharged to another hospital the next day...
The funny thing was he didn't get any physical injury, he only got a little scratch on his back and it was nothing serious....
So the new hospital where he was being discharged was better and they told us he won't be given any treatment until we pay his hospital bill, the money was too much it was around $900 we tried our best to raise up to half...
We paid half of the money and they accepted and said we'd complete the payment before he leaves the hospital, And they told us the treatment will be going on right away... The next morning my mom was on her way to the hospital and we were the only ones at home....
She got there very late in the night and she was disappointed by what she saw...
We have being deceive, the doctors never gave him a treatment....
She got there and saw him lying on a wooden bed without any medications or drip on him, he was in a great pain and it made the his condition more worse...
He was only given steroids almost after every 5hours and I think that was the reason why it became worse, my dad's cousin came and they took him away from the hospital....
He was being treated by another doctor and after some days began to recover bit by bit but he still wasn't able to move his left arm and his left leg....
To cut the long story short some months later he could sit but it was impossible for him to walk due to the pain, his arm was healing faster than his leg so he was given crutches to help him as an aid....
we were expecting the injuries would heal faster but it didn't, after two years he was still using crutches....
I think it was 4years later when he started walking on his own but the movement wasn't that stable, its kinda like as if the length of the two legs aren't equal.... My mom came up with the idea of him using walking stick instead of the crutches and finally this is what he still uses....
We did not feel bad because he managed and survived it, at least this way is better than loosing his life in the car accident, ever since the incident he has been disabled and he is limited to do some certain things... .
Thanks for reading, Y'all Should Have A Wonderful Mid week
{ 16/02/2022} 14th Article Of The year
Awwwn am so sorry bro but plss don't let it bother you bro