JOY IS THE SIMPLEST FORM OF GRATITUDE
"The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see." – Mary Davis T his morning, I saw two posts, from two of my favourite people… The first one was from my surgeon friend, Dr. Sanjay Sonar. He is a super specialist in laparoscopic surgeries (Minimal invasion). Eight years ago, almost during this very Diwali time, he had performed two back-to-back surgeries on me. A cancerous tumor was, accidentally, detected on my right kidney. The kidney was surgically (with minimum cut) removed. Dr. Sonar is blessed with fine hands… and, within ten days, I was all set to get discharged from the hospital. But, during those last few days, a blood clot in my leg caused something called ‘Pulmonary Embolism’. I hadn’t heard about this condition, nor I wanted to know what it was… or how life-threatening it could be! Dr. Sonar quickly deliberated with other specialists and decided, that night, to rush me into the OT and perform another surgery… This time, he cut me open right from the ...