From: Isvara Puri Prabhu. Nov 29, 2008, Morning shift 7 am – 2 pm
Today everything is a bit more calm here in Mumbai, but the guard is still
very strict. We reached the hospital around 7:30 am. Today it was a very
active morning for Guru Maharaja and us.
At 9 am Guru Maharaja requested his breakfast. The prasadam was already
brought from the Temple. While I was feeding him prasadam, Guru Maharaja
began to inquire from Dr.Shiromani Mataji about why the decision of shifting
him out of the ICU was getting delayed. Guru Maharaja was anxious to come
out of the ICU. Dr.Shiromani Mataji explained the reason, telling him that
Dr. Ashok had no objection from the neurological side. Since according to
him, Guru Maharaja was already ready for it; but in the physical aspect, it
had been suggested that he should wait until the first days of the next
week.
Dr. Shiromani Mataji is serving Guru Maharaja so nicely. She is always alert
in what Guru Maharaja wants and she understands almost perfectly whatever
Guru Maharaja tells her. She always supervises how we are taking care of
Guru Maharaja and Guru Maharaja appreciates her services.
After Guru Maharaja took prasadam I did some massage and physiotherapy
exercises. Immediately, a security guard came and asked Dharesh prabhu to
leave the room since only two devotees are allowed to stay inside. So Guru
Maharaja told Dr. Shiromani Mataji, “You are a doctor”. She explained that
the guards consider her only a devotee and not a doctor.
At about 10:30 am the nurse called Dharesh prabhu and myself to help her
move Guru Maharaja. She wanted to make him sit on the edge of the bed with
his lotusfeet hanging. It seemed to be the first time they were going to do
it, so they needed the help of 5 people; 2 to hold and move his back, 2 to
move his lotusfeet, and the nurse coordinating everything. It was a success!
I had the fortune to move his lotusfeet. Then Guru Maharaja immediately
asked if there was any book to read for him. I pointed out the Caitanya
Caritamrta and asked him if I could read.
I began to show him the photos and pictures in the book, beginning with
Srila Prabhupada. We had to keep him in that position for half an hour as
per the doctor’s instruction. Then Marici Prabhu arrived. Dharesh Prabhu
handed over his place for him to hold Guru Maharaja’s back.
After a while Marici Prabhu told me that he wanted to make Guru Maharaja
practice his speech. The first suggestion was: “Guru Maharaja, please say
“GAURANGA”, now “NITYANANDA”, then he asked Guru Maharaja to utter the full
Panca Tattva Mantra, Srila Prabhupada’s Pranama Mantras, and Guru Maharaja
chanted in an almost perfect way.
Then the haematologist came, he began to speak about Guru Maharaja’s
nutrition and said, “THIS IS A BIG GUY; he needs a good nutrition”. He began
to instruct the other doctors about which vitamins and nutrients Guru
Maharaja would require from now on, stressing that he has been more than 30
days without the required amount of nutrients for a person of his
constitution.
JPS Servants