{"id":4066,"date":"2022-11-15T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T09:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/?p=4066"},"modified":"2024-09-22T09:46:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T09:46:31","slug":"life-has-not-been-easy-recently-for-ava-but-without-the-support-of-calcutta-rescue-she-might-have-lost-her-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/2022\/11\/15\/life-has-not-been-easy-recently-for-ava-but-without-the-support-of-calcutta-rescue-she-might-have-lost-her-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Life has not been easy recently for Ava, but without the support of Calcutta Rescue, she might have lost her life"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4066\" class=\"elementor elementor-4066\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06b2e30 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"06b2e30\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-987cbcc e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"987cbcc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa9c116 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa9c116\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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She also has diabetes and high blood pressure.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ava lives in a shack around 14 km away from Calcutta Rescue Nimtala clinic with her son, daughter-in-law and grandchild.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAva regularly visited the clinic for her wound care, diabetes and hypertension medicines. But then she stopped coming to the clinic and we gave her family a call. Thank goodness we did.\u201d said Partha, supervisor of Nimtala clinic.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ava\u2019s wounds had started to smell putrid, said Dr Ghosh, head of CR\u2019s medical team. \u201cThe moment we heard it, we asked for immediate hospitalisation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Calcutta Rescue staff and her son went from one hospital to another but none would admit her, and Ava\u2019s situation deteriorated further. As a last resort, Dr Ghosh managed to get her admitted as an emergency case. Tests revealed her blood sugar levels were very low and she was given saline water and blood transfusions.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After she was stable, her wounds were checked by the doctors. Partha said: \u201cThe wounds had become very bad. The doctor\u2019s verdict was to amputate her right leg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The surgery was a success and CR is now diligently dressing her wounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dr Ghosh said: \u201cThe high blood sugar level is the cause of her wounds turning almost fatal if the leg was not amputated at the right time. After her wounds are cured we plan to provide her with an artificial limb so that she can move around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ava\u2019s son, Kiran (name changed) said: \u201cCalcutta Rescue was with us through everything. If they did not help us with the hospitalisation, surgery cost, medicine and dressings, I probably would not have gotten my mother back. I am grateful. 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