Survival of the fittest!

[Iyyarooraan]

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A man in his late 40s underwent so many medical woes as per a TOI report (Sep 29):
He has diabetes since he was 30 yrs old.
Abdominal hernia; 2 surgeries done.
Complicated intestinal obstruction hernia.
Hodgkins lymphoma (cancer of right neck); surgery in 2003.
Tuberculous meningitis in 2004.
Gangrene of right arm; surgery done.
Bacterial septicaemia.
Left buttock abscess causing massive necrosis of gluteal muscles extending into left hip joint; several surgeries done.
Atypical tuberculous lymph node in the right side of the neck; surgery done.
Chronic obstructive lung disease.
Acute kidney (renal) failure in 2008.
Aphasia (loss of voice).
Tumour on windpipe; surgery done.
Gangrene of the rib; two ribs removed during surgery.
Bilateral pleural effusion (collection of 5 ltrs of water in both lungs).
Congestive cardiac failure.
Heart attack in May 2010 due to coronary artery disease; bypass surgery was done.
Cancer reappeared in 2011; treated.
Another heart attack in April 2011.
Another man of the same region just reported some complaint to a hospital and on investigation was found not to have a kidney, spleen, one lung, and one or two more organs missing.
Whom would you call as blessed – them or us!

 

[N.R.Ranganathan]

In as much as we do not have any of these , we are blessed.

In as much as theyare cured of all these, they are blessed.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Should the man be thankful that he was left in tact with his heart and one out of every two parts of his body for his own use?!
They could have harvested everything including his eyes!!!

A man in his late 40s underwent so many medical woes as per a TOI report (Sep 29):
He has diabetes since he was 30 yrs old.
Abdominal hernia; 2 surgeries done.
Complicated intestinal obstruction hernia.
Hodgkins lymphoma (cancer of right neck); surgery in 2003.
Tuberculous meningitis in 2004.
Gangrene of right arm; surgery done.
Bacterial septicaemia.
Left buttock abscess causing massive necrosis of gluteal muscles extending into left hip joint; several surgeries done.
Atypical tuberculous lymph node in the right side of the neck; surgery done.
Chronic obstructive lung disease.
Acute kidney (renal) failure in 2008.
Aphasia (loss of voice).
Tumour on windpipe; surgery done.
Gangrene of the rib; two ribs removed during surgery.
Bilateral pleural effusion (collection of 5 ltrs of water in both lungs).
Congestive cardiac failure.
Heart attack in May 2010 due to coronary artery disease; bypass surgery was done.
Cancer reappeared in 2011; treated.
Another heart attack in April 2011.
Another man of the same region just reported some complaint to a hospital and on investigation was found not to have a kidney, spleen, one lung, and one or two more organs missing.
Whom would you call as blessed – them or us!