Thank DoG! How an accident united doc & patient to pen 'surgical' memoir

WHAT COULD have been just another medical procedure has turned out to be an extraordinary literary collaboration -- all sparked by a dog!

- ABHILASH CHANDRAN @Kottayam

In a rare moment, a doctor and a patient have come together to co-author a detailed account of their shared experience in an operation theatre, culminating in an 'auto/pathographic' memoir.

'Thank DoG' recounts the events surrounding a medical emergency from the perspectives of the doctor and the patient. The writers: orthopaedic surgeon Mathew K M Puthiyidom and academic Jyothy Sreedhar.

It all started when Jyothy -- an assistant professor of English with the Sree Vidyadhiraja NSS College in Vazhoor -- met with an accident on October 22, 2024. She fell from her scooter after a dog jumped in front of the two-wheeler. For most other people, it would have been a distressing event. Not for Jyothy. Rather than sulk over the injuries, she decided to explore the difficulties and the coping mechanisms of persons with disabilities.