It was a lazy morning for the two of us and gave no inkling of the impending chain of events. By about 12 noon, while the missus wanted to put off the journey to American Mission Hospital, the rest of the household expressed an opinion on the contrary and off we headed to the hospital - the parents to be with Edgard Daniel Duque (our Colombian/ American Masala Dosa loving friend).
Our arrival at American Mission Hospital initiated a flurry of activity with a Mallu Nurse substituting for the doctor going all Tasmanian Devil on our scared ass and promptly kicked us the hell out to get apple juice. She did do an extraordinary job at not only staving off the complication, but also at pissing us the hell off by asking "Brother" to pray that there is no distress.
By then the missus had started pulling her hair out from the roots and Dr.Marilyn's calm, cool words fell on absolutely deaf ears. With the drama unfolding, there arrived a burly "Thambi" nurse with two Filipino nurses and the three of them proceeded to sit on the missus's belly in an effort to POP the child out. After a few agonizing minutes, the Filipino nurse decided to sit on the missus and with that there appeared an absolutely wrinkly boy with Angel's kisses on his forehead. This heralded the arrival of our PRIDE & JOY into this world.
Our arrival at American Mission Hospital initiated a flurry of activity with a Mallu Nurse substituting for the doctor going all Tasmanian Devil on our scared ass and promptly kicked us the hell out to get apple juice. She did do an extraordinary job at not only staving off the complication, but also at pissing us the hell off by asking "Brother" to pray that there is no distress.
By then the missus had started pulling her hair out from the roots and Dr.Marilyn's calm, cool words fell on absolutely deaf ears. With the drama unfolding, there arrived a burly "Thambi" nurse with two Filipino nurses and the three of them proceeded to sit on the missus's belly in an effort to POP the child out. After a few agonizing minutes, the Filipino nurse decided to sit on the missus and with that there appeared an absolutely wrinkly boy with Angel's kisses on his forehead. This heralded the arrival of our PRIDE & JOY into this world.