Now back to dusty Chennai from the pristine Ottapalam countryside I forgot all about the bug, save for the mild itch on my right arm. Couple of days passed by, the itch turned to pain, couple more days and the pain was unbearable... now with a blister... eeew. My right arm was so swollen that i could make John Cena look like a kindergarten kiddo !!!
Ok now this was a medical emergency. I went to the hospital where normal people were quite amused to see an underweight guy with a huge wrestler's right arm :P. I went to the casualty where the sadist evil Doc examined my arm and squeezed it.... "AAAAAAAARGH... F*** MAN... thats my swollen arm not a red juicy tomato..." After careful squeezing and examination the sadist evil Doc said
"Hmmmm... this is bad. I ll refer you to Dr. Boazo, he is a surgeon. We might have to cut it open".
"What!!!!!! cut..cutt it open??? cant you gimme pills for this??"
Oh my... and what kinda name is Dr. Boazo, the first doc was a sadist one but i was sure this one was a mad scientist... zikes!! I stepped into the surgeon's lair with the blood test report. Thank almighty...this doc looked very pleasant and experienced. He had a look at my arm then the report...
Doc: "Oh my God!! This is a case of severe staphylococcus infection !!"
Me(thinking): "Huh?? What?? Isnt that a dinosaur??"
Doc(Still deeply thinking and frowning over the report):"Hmmmmmm"
Me(on the verge of tears... thinking): "Ok are you gonna cut off my arm?? How many days i got to live... zikes..."
Doc:"This is not very bad. I will give you antibiotics and the wound will heal in 5 days, but make sure you dont strain your arm"
Me(so happy to hear that):"Strain?? the heaviest work i do is clicking the mouse."
The doc's magic pills worked and now my arm is back to normal size and the wound is healed... except that now it looks like a tattoo of a satellite photograph of the nuke bomb crater at Hiroshima.
And as for the bug which bit me.....
