IT WAS A FAIRY TALE - TWO YOUNGSTERS AND SCHOOL FRIENDS FELL IN LOVE AND MARRIED AND WERE LIVING A BLISSFUL LIFE WITH TWO KIDS.

THE HUSBAND HAD A BUSINESS AND HAD GOOD INCOME, ENOUGH TO LIVE A COMFORTABLE LIFE.

BUT, DESTINY HAD A DIFFERENT PLAN: THE HUSBAND WAS BUILDING A DOLL HOUSE FOR HIS DAUGHTER WHOSE BIRTHDAY WAS JUST A DAY LATER.

HE HAD COLLAPSED WITH NO PULSE AND WAS FOUND LYING UNCONCSIOUS. THIS WAS 10 YEARS BACK. HE HAD SUFFERED A MASSIVE BRAIN HAEMORRAGE AND A CARDIAC ARREST. HE SLIPPED INTO A COMA AND HAS EVER SINCE BEEN IN A VEGETATIVE STATE.

HE WAS IN THE ICU FOR 45 DAYS AND IN THE WARD FOR 45 DAYS. EVER SINCE HIS RETURN BACK HOME, THE FAMILY HAS BEEN RALLYING AROUND HIM TRYING TO DO THEIR VERY BEST.

THE FINANCIALS WERE TAKEN CARE FOR A WHILE BY THE HUSBAND’S BUSINESS WHICH WAS RUN BY THE SPOUSE. HOWEVER, THE CHILDRENS EDUCATION ALONG WITH MEDICAL EXPENSES MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTINUE. FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS IT HAS BEEN A HAND- TO- MOUTH EXISTENCE. BORROWINGS FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND OUTSIDE UNSECURED LOANS HAS ONLY FORCED THEM INTO A DEBT TRAP.

PEOPLE HAVE ALSO BECOME LESS REPONSIVE TO THEIR NEEDS; HARDLY ANYBODY VISITS THEM NOW. THE CHILDREN’S EDUCATION, THE MEDICAL EXPENSES, RUNNING THE HOUSEHOLD ON ALMOST NOTHING IS BECOMING VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.

IN ALL THIS, THE CHILDREN HAVE HAD TO BEAR THE BRUNT. THE SON WAS 10 AND THE DAUGHTER WAS 6 WHEN IT HAPPENED. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN OUT OF THE HOUSE FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN ATTENDING SCHOOL OR COLLEGE. THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH THEIR PRECIOUS YEARS EXPERIENCING NOTHING BUT STRESS, AND HOSPITAL STAYS HAVE BEEN THEIR ONLY OUTINGS.

THE ONLY AIM IN LIFE FOR THE FAMILY IS SURVIVAL- TO SURVIVE AND HELP VIJAY GOYAL IN THE COMA TO SURVIVE. IT IS GOD’S WILL THAT HE SHOULD LIVE. THE FAMILY DOES NOT WANT TO FIGHT DESTINY BUT WANTS TO LIVE IN HOPE THAT THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.

EVERY PERSON DESERVES LOVE AT EVERY STAGE OF THEIR LIVES IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR STATE. LIFE IS EXTREMELY TOUGH; IT INCLUDES A ROUTINE THAT BEGINS AT 5 IN THE MORNING AND IS OVER AT 3 A.M. AGAIN THE NEXT MORNING. THE CHILDREN HAVE NOT SLEPT BEFORE 2 A.M. FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS. THIS IS ONLY TO MAKE LIFE POSSIBLE FOR ALL OF THEM AROUND. THE GRUELLING EXERCISE IS ONLY GETTING TOUGHER AS BUYING SUPPORT IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND AFFORDABILITY IS ALMOST NIL.

WE HAVE HEARD THAT ANGELS ARE NOBLE , FULL OF GRACE , FULL OF COMPASSION.THE WIFE SLEEPS HARDLY THREE HOURS IN A DAY , TAKING COMPLETE CARE OF HER COMATOSE HUSBAND, WHO NEEDS ROUND-THE-CLOCK SUPPORT . IT IS A BACK- BREAKING HARDHIP AND WORK AS THE HUSBAND IS NEED OF TWENTY- FOUR HOUR MONITORING. BUT, THE WIFE WITHOUT BICKERING , WITHOUT REMORSE, KEEPS ATTENDING TO HER HUSBAND WITH THE FULL HOPE THAT HE WILL WAKE UP ONE DAY.

THE FAMILY STAYS AT ,H - 1042 27th STREET Ponni Colony Anna Nagar ,CHENNAI, INDIA.

THIS IS THE TRUE LIFE OF VIJAY AND ABI .

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