4th Dec 2008 Morning Shift 6am – 12 noon
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Reached hospital at 6.30am. Guru Maharaja was resting when I went inside the
ICCU. When he woke up around 8am, he said he was hungry and wanted to have
his breakfast. At 8.30am, we fed breakfast to him. By the time we finished
feeding it was almost 10am. Feeding Guru Maharaja takes a lots of time
because Guru Maharaja’s muscles which helps him to swallow food are quite
weak. Feeding has to be done very carefuly with full concentration and with
right amount of food. Day by day the muscles are gaining strength and his
food consumption increasing gradually.
When Guru Maharaja was about to finish his breakfast the physiotherapist
came in to teach Guru Maharaja more exercises. Though Guru Maharaja had a
mild fever this morning but the fever subsided after the exercise. He
sweated a lot after the theraphy. From morning was kept asking when he will
be shifted from ICCU to ICU. Our Bhaktivedanta doctors were working on it
but we didnt get any confirmation regarding this. Guru Maharaja even asked
Dr.Shiromani to go and check the condition of the ICU ward. Later she came
and reported to Guru Maharaja that the ICU is better and more quiet than
ICCU. We fed lunch at 2pm and after lunch the physiotheraphist came again at
3.30pm to give more exercises.
After the physiotheraphy Guru Maharaja took rest for 30 minutes and then at
5pm he was made to sit on the sofa. While sitting on the sofa I combed Guru
Maharaja’s sikha and braided it while Dharesh Prabhu supplied some oil for
the sikha. Meanwhile Vidvan Gauranga Prabhu was reading letters for Guru
Maharaja.
At 6pm we fed fruit for Guru Maharaja. After feeding the fruit we got the
good news, Guru Maharaja is going to be shifted to ICU, second floor west
wing, bed no.51. We informed Guru Maharaja the good news and he was quite
happy upon hearing it. We shifted all our belongings and left to 2nd floor.
On the way, after we came out of the elevator of the 2nd floor, Guru
Maharaja told Dharesh, “You seem to be happy.” Dharesh said, “We all are
happy to see you getting transfered to a better place.”
We set up a small altar and arranged all Guru Maharaja’s belongings in the
ICU. Definitely this ICU is a better place, wider and more quiet.
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