Hyderabad Express

Thursday Aug 7 at around 3pm...Sylvie is sitting quietly in the service apartments in Bangalore, sending emails here and there to set up appointments with manufacturers when suddenly her phone rings. It's Linus (her boss :-)).
Linus: "Sylvie, do you have our prototype of the sleeping bag?"
Sylvie: "Euh, I think it is on the table in your apartment, why?"
Linus: "Shit, I am in Bombay and going to Hyderabad tonight. We have a meeting tomorrow, but I forgot to prototype. I thought Tomak had it with him. Wait, let me call you back in a minute, but i think you should come to Hyderabad. Tonight."

tuut tuut tuut (Linus hang up, i think he was in a cab on the way to the airport)

A few minutes later: driiiiiing

Linus: " Sylvie, yes, you need to come to Hyderabad. Book a flight and meet me there at 9pm. Wait, i need to go, call you back in a minute"

tuuuut tuuut tuuut (Linus hang up again, i think he is still in the cab on his way to the airport)

Driiiiiing

Linus: "Sylvie, is your ticket booked yet? Yes, cool, take a cab to the airport. Here is the number. Oh, btw, can you also take the heater, and the wax pouches?"
Sylvie thinks to herself "Euh, Linus, did you take anything to Hyderabad? :-)

So, this is how i ended up changing my plans to go to Gold's Gym and then dinner for a dinner at KFC in Hyderabad. Yes, KFC! Five years in the States and i have never set foot in a KFC, not even a week in India, and here i am...eating a fried chicken meal. What has the world come to? KFC!!! Aiaiaia

Anyway, my short trip to Hyderabad was definitely worthwhile. We visited a rural clinic about 2 hours away from the city. There, we got to interview a few doctors (OB/GYN and Pediatricians) and got some feedback on our prototype. And then...we got to put a couple of cute little babies in the sleeping bag. The first one didn't like it...but the second one loved it.
We also got the opportunity to see their NICU (those babies look so fragile). It's really interesting. I really hope this product makes it to the market and will hopefully save a lot of baby lives. They seem so small and helpless.

Anyway, sleepy time for me...it's been a hectic day!