Life of a Two Time Kidney Transplantee
It was a busy day today. Woke up at 7 AM. Went to see the nephrologist. The new kidney is excited again. So I was advised an injection, a couple of blood tests and a renal doppler. Bummer! We go to the billing section and find out the Single Bead Antigen test costs 30,000 rupees. And along with the other tests, injections and the doppler, a 50k was easily on the cards. Why put a hole in our pockets when we can put a hole in the company's pocket, we thought. So dad goes to the office to fetch the company credit letter while we wait in the hospital cafeteria. Burning holes in pockets is the company's concern now. Meanwhile I realized I had a project to be delivered in 6 hours. An article to be written for a client. And I hadn't even started writing. My kidneys and my medical bills weren't the only ones showing me the middle finger that day. Now I had to race against time to deliver the project. Plus the client was the kind of guy who'd tip me extra every ti