A salute to Riddhi Purohit

About 2 months back this girl Riddhi came to my OPD along with her loving mom and dad.She seemed very quite,apprensenive and with lots of anxiety in her eyes.
Then suddenly I realised a tracheostomy scar in her throat .She was around 32 weeks Pregnant.And put down a bundle of papaers in front of me.Then she with the help of her parents completed the story of her grit,determination and efficient medical staff at saudi Arabia.She had been on ventilator for 45 days,had suffered respiratory faliure  with swine flu(H1N1 Virus)and had fought back death to be there with me.
Yesterday I had to induce her for an increasing blood pressure.In today's time when it is a difficult job to convince patients for a normal delivery(They are so afraid of pain despite an open offer of epidural analgesia),this girl went through 12 hrs of labour pain very quietly and with confidence,asked for an epidural when required and finallydelivered a healthy  bony baby girl tonight at 1 am..
What motivated me to mention Riddhi in my blog is not her medical history but her positive attitude,the willingness to fight with odds and to come out victorious of it.I salute her spirit and ofcourse her supportive family.