TLI Staff
New Delhi: Hrithik Roshan turns a year older today and among the plethora of wishes from his fans and well-wishers, the actor probably received the sweetest of them all from none other than his mom.
The actor’s mom Pinkie Roshan shared unseen pics from his brain surgery on his birthday with a heartwarming message that is sure to make you emotional.
“Today I share these never before seen images with a heavy heart. However, it is not heavy with regret, sadness or concern. It is heavy from the immense love that flows through it, with each blood cell empowered by the immense gratitude I feel to be Duggu’s mother.
We set an example in the way we behave, we instil character in our children, support and encourage them, but what happens when their compassion, strength and courage outgrows that of the parent?
What happens when everything you hoped to be, aspired for in terms of strength and inspiration is right before you in the eyes of your own son?
Before Duggu was going for his brain surgery, I was almost fainting. Palpitations in my heart, blood pressure high, prayers on my tongue, I felt every inch of me was overwhelmed with a shadow of concern. Seeing my son so vulnerable physically in the hands of the doctors made him seem as helpless as a newborn and he was again those same beautiful eyes looking up at me just as the day he arrived in the world.
The eyes had no fear, no worry, no stress. I saw my reflection in them and found his strength empowering me and my own being changing because of his courage and determination to beat this.
There has never been a challenge Duggu hasn’t faced head on and failed. His power of mind is his superpower and the beauty of it is that it inspires all around him too, giving us strength. As he saw the sadness in my eyes, he winked and as if by magic he made me smile. A warmth enveloped my entire being as if I was bathed in light. A smile and a wink was all it took for me to feel reassured, energised, inspired and confident that he would be OK.
Look at these pictures and those eyes. Does this look the face of a man about to have major brain surgery? No, it looks like someone who has already conquered it.
The small child I had carried for 9 months, given birth to and held in my arms was now cradling me in his and returning all the strength and love back to me and I gave him a million blessings in that moment,” wrote the doting mom.
Hrithik had underwent the brain surgery in 2013 while shooting for Bang Bang alongside Katrina Kaif. The actor reportedly struck his head against a rock while performing a stunt and a little later realised that he could not coordinate his leg and hands movement properly. On diagnosis it was found that the left side of his skull was full of blood and it was pressing against his brain, pushing it to one side.
“I had to educate myself on this topic and I had to find the best doctor. I met three to four doctors but I chose the one who told me, ‘I am the doctor, you’re the patient, I know what to do’ and I knew this is the man coz when he is entering my brain his hand wont shake,’ Hrithik had said about his surgery.
“I was inside the operation theater, singing songs with the nurses and then I saw the blood spurt out from my head…actually. They have this something which is like a jack hammer and the noise it makes. There are 10 people holding your head and that thing goes inside making this terrible noise and then the blood just spurts out. Woww… uske baad gaana waana sab ruk gaya.
And I was conscious all the time. Because I had read that during any brain surgery, the only way to keep a check whether the needle has gone in too much is by your facial expression. If you enter too much, then maybe you twitch or make weird faces. So that’s the check for the brain coz the brain itself doesn’t feel anything so I had to be awake,’ said Hrithik.
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