Rays of Hope Volume 1 | Page 9

The intensive care unit ward was silent. The only sound you could hear was the beep coming from a monitor. The only thing which seemed alive was the pulsation on the monitor. Rajat had been sleeping in coma for three months. The eyes which were dreaming of colorful kites were closed. Three months are not a long period but for Rajat’s mother it seemed a never-ending waiting. After three months Rajat came out of the coma, but that fall had broken his dream and his ability to stand, walk and talk. He became dependent. He was not able to do anything on his own. He used to try to move whenever he saw children playing, running. Hopelessness filled his heart with every failed attempt to move, his pain was constantly brimming from his eyes.

After having struggled for 7-8 years for Rajat to get treated his mother got to know about KIRAN. In KIRAN, Rajat was examined and his individual rehabilitation plan was prepared. Initially, his mother was not very optimistic as she had already gone through a lot of disappointment. As the rehabilitation of Rajat progressed, a ray of hope started scintillating in his mother’s heart. Highly experienced physiotherapists of KIRAN did intensive work with Rajat by means of various exercises.

Rajat started showing some improvement as he started putting on clothes and washing on his own. After working with Rajat for three years with dedication and determination KIRAN physiotherapists finally got their reward. Rajat started to walk with the support of a walker. KIRAN’s orthotic and prosthetic department customized the walker for Rajat and also produced calipers for him. Rajat was then trained to walk with them. Now Rajat can walk with the help of crutches.

KIRAN, a ray of sunlight which removes darkness, which brings hope into lives. Rajat sees a new sun. A new light has arrived in his life after a decade-long darkness. He has travelled from bedridden to wheelchair and from wheelchair to walker to crutches. Soon he will dream again the dream of colorful kites.