Om Sai Ram Om Sai Ram

Mummy couldn’t eat or drink much for weeks. She was getting more and more out of character – irritated, confused, tired. It was probably a combination of things going on. Regardless, my dad and I took her to emergency because it wasn’t getting better. I thought she might be dehydrated. First, I don’t know what would have happened if we waited till the next day (Monday).

Long story short, she was dehydrated, and she also had an electrolyte imbalance. So, she had to stay in the hospital until that was sorted. However, midway through the week, she began having trouble breathing. They were giving her a lot of fluid and it wasn’t draining out as fast. It was so hard to breathe, that she thought she was going to die.  She hadn’t slept in two days for fear that she would not wake up. The doctor was telling me all kinds of stuff – how she has this, and she has that and that she may end up being in the hospital for the rest of her life!!

Her room was full of doctors and specialists trying to help ease her breath. I asked him to drain her abdomen (which had distended 2X its size). The doctor said it wouldn’t make much difference. He showed me x-rays of the water and said it was the size of a cheeseburger. When they drained it, it ended up being 2 L of water!!! And so, Baba was watching out for her…

Her electrolytes are better. Her breathing is normal now. We are home now. She’s eating and drinking more. She is weak, but she will get stronger, step by step, with Baba’s grace