Due to continuous rain, the Krishna river was flooded. The flood crossed the banks and entered into the fields. By the heavy rain, the water flooded Koti father's field and there was 8 to 10 feet height of water stagnated in the field. So, all the crops were spoiled and got a debt of 2 lakhs which is a huge amount at that time.
Reddy father's health was so affected because of the heavy debt and worries. His hand and legs were paralyzed. He felt that there were more fluid in his body. His heath condition became so poor that he was not able to walk. He felt that soon he will die. One day, Koti Reddy was called by his father and his father gave him a list of people to whom he has to pay debt. By seeing his helpless condition, all family members were worried. The family relayed on him.
Koti took his father to many places for treatment. Many doctors advised his father but he did not listen to them. In the meantime, Reddy came to know the famous doctor in the district, Dr. Srinivasa Reddy. He took his father to this doctor’s house for treatment. Seeing the condition of his father, the doctor said, nothing to worry. Doctor told to his family that his father has thyroid disease. He could be cured by medicines. The doctor sent back Koti’s father with a prescription of medicine. The medicines cured his father and he was all right again.
Koti Reddy says, “My father was very brave. His methods were always beneficial. He was not affected much by the loss due to flood but he was affected by such kind of disease. I had lesson, in the treatment for his disease. Above all, what is the real problem is, we try to find solution without understanding the problem. Before finding solution to a problem, it is necessary to understand the problem. If we would have not understood the reason of our fathers ill heath, we would have not been able to treat it. As we took him to a right doctor, we came to know what is the problem and so we got early solution to that problem.
He proved it that whatever he learnt in his childhood helped him to travel faster in the path of progress. He experienced many kinds of difficulties even in his childhood. Even today he could remember when he was beaten by a snake while he was guarding his field.
At that time, the field was ready for harvest. Only the harvesting process was left to be done. While the nearby fields had done that too. Koti Reddy and his father guard the fields. One night, his father gave the responsibility to look after the field to Koti and went to home. Koti’s father was so tired that he wanted to take rest in the house. After his father left to home, he all alone took care of the field. He was moving here and there in the field. From somewhere, the noise of flood water rushing was heard. By this noise, he realised that soon their field is under the danger of flooding. He heard the noise of rushing water. His doubt was right. There was a crack in the nearby pond. Its water was rushing. He realised that if he go to call his father, in the meantime, their field will be get flooded and the harvest will get spoiled. He succeeded in this idea. Now, the water channel did not come to their field. After that too, he was waiting there with a thought that the water might change its channel towards their field. He was standing there for a while. At that time, he heard a noise near his feet. He felt something was approaching him. It was a snake and it bit him on his feet.
He was shocked to see the snake bite. He was afraid that he might die because of the snake poison. He looked around to seek help. No one was around, only empty fields were seen. Now, it was close that he will not survive. At that time, he remembered a lesson that he learnt in his 8th standard. The lesson is how to do first aid for snake bite. As per the lesson, he took a towel from his pant and tied around the place of snake bite tightly. Then he started to move from that place. He analysed that it will take an hour to reach home and in the meantime, the poison will take his life. For this reason, he thought to treat him in a good place in a short reach. The chance to get treatment is possible only if we reach in time. He saw a neem tree on the way. He took some neem leaves and started to chew. He had heard that after snake bite, if we eat the leaves of neem, the intensity of snake poison will be reduced.
While he was chewing the neem leaves, he felt that the poison of the snake getting reduced. Now, he started to walk faster and then, saw some people from village. He narrated everything to them. The villagers took him to the nearby hospital and he was treated. After two hours of treatment, the doctors came to a conclusion, the snake that bite Koti is not a poisonous snake and so there was no poison in his body. On hearing this, Koti felt alive. The villagers took him to his house and informed his father about what happened to him. His father realised that it was not a good action to leave his son alone. That became a threat to his life.
