13th Dec 2008 Afternoon Shift 12noon – 6pm
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Today is the day the tracheostomy tube came out miraculously. Bhadra Balaram
Prabhu had described it in detail in his report. Today is also the first day
Guru Maharaja was clad with saffron cloths after being in the hospital for
almost 52 days. He looked very vibrant with his personal saffron kurta and
silk pyjamas.
It was 1.15pm, time to feed lunch for Guru Maharaja. While Guru Maharaja was
relaxing on his bed, I asked him, “Guru Maharaja! Are you ready for the
lunch?” He remained silent. Then I noticed he was trying to roll around his
brahmin thread on his right hand side thumb. But he was not able to do it
properly by himself. After I helped Guru Maharaja to roll around the brahmin
thread, Guru Maharaja started to chant his gayatri by slowly moving his
right hand side thumb accordingly with the help of his left hand. Since the
last few days Guru Maharaja also chanted Hare Krsna Maha Mantra with his
clicker.
After chanting the gayatri mantra we fed lunch for Guru Maharaja. After the
lunch Guru Maharaja took 10 minutes nap. Then at 2.55pm we shifted Guru
Maharaja on a wheelchair and rushed him to the physiotherapy department.
Since it was Saturday the physiotherapy department generally closes by 3pm,
fortunately the therapist were still there when we rolled up.
While we were in the physiotherapy department Dr.Shiromani received a call
that we got another deluxe room available at the 15th floor, which we
original asked for. It is as similar as the room on the 7th floor but with
the bed facing towards South. After the physiotherapy session we took Guru
Maharaja straight to 15th floor for him to have look. Guru Maharaja decided
to shift here because he was very concerned about the sleeping direction. I
thought, though Guru Maharaja is not travelling from city to city but he is
still travelling from ward to ward. From 10th floor to 2nd floor then to 7th
floor and now to 15th floor.
We made Guru Maharaja to relax on the bed and started to set up the new
room. While Guru Maharaja was relaxing on the bed, Dr.Alvar came in to visit
Guru Maharaja. In the middle of their conversation Dr.Alvar who is an ardent
devotee of Lord Krishna mentioned to Guru Maharaja, “Your recovery is
miraculous and I heard your case will be discussed in the international
health forum.” Guru Maharaja replied with full of humility on his face, “Its
all because of prayers.”
At 6pm after having his evening fruit Guru Maharaja wanted to take little
rest to sleep on left hand side. We turned him over on his left with pillows
on his back to support him. Within 5 minutes he fell asleep. For the first
time after 52 days i heard Guru Maharaja was snoring quite loudly.
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