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By: Dimple84 | Posted: Feb 26, 2010 | General | 453 Views

My grandmother (mother’s mother) passed away 2 weeks back and I have now lost one more important person in my life. My grandpa (mother’s father) had passed away 14 yrs back and now my grandma also followed him leaving us all lonely and broken. My papa had lost his parents when he was very young so we had never seen them. Now after the sad demise of my grandma, I have lost my last living grandparent. We have lovely memories with my mama’s parents. I still remember those days when I and my siblings used to eagerly wait to finish our final exams so we can pack our bags and spend our entire long summer vacation with my grandparents who used to simply pamper us. My Nani was an excellent cook. I had a list of items in demand which were only nani’s specialties. There is a sweet dish which is very popular amongst us by the name, ‘Gol Papdi’ in which she had her mastery and it was at the top of my list. She was a strong woman and also worked very hard all her life. She made all my favorite food items at the wink of an eye with all her love and a smile on her face. That’s what made everything so special, I believe. Now who will do all this for me? She had a home that we could always visit but now she has relocated to a home where I cannot visit for years to come. She was 93 years old and yet so fit and fine. But since the last 2 years this strong lady was bedridden due to her hip bone dislocation when she slipped in the bathroom one unfortunate day. Yet she fought those difficult times too. About 15 days before her sad demise she had closed her eyes and had stop reacting to anything happening around her. She was not exactly in a coma but I would say that she was like in a partial coma state. My mama is the eldest daughter in her family. My mom and her siblings were with her all the time during her last days to take care of her daily needs. They used to make her partially sit and then make her swallow the grinded daal-rice and other liquids like juices and milk shakes. Initially for some days she could intake them but eventually she had stopped that to a considerable extent which made us all worry more. She had also started suffering from the evil bed sore which was unbearable even to look at. They had then made her sleep on a water bed which prevented further bed sores. Everything was fine, her heart beats, her blood pressure and her pulse rate. But she was suffering from inside is what we believed. There was no sensation of pain on her bright face even of the painful bed sores. The doctor’s also had given up and suggested to stop giving her any liquid food to relieve her from all this suffering. But that was absolutely inhuman and we did not accept that. Suddenly that day she started breathing very heavily with a whizzing sound and after some time became silent. We thought maybe she is now getting a sound sleep but little did we know that she had slept sound forever. She was finally relieved of all her pain but we felt a lot of pain and agony throughout her funeral rituals. May God take her gently in his pride and rest her soul in peace. I pray to God that that we will meet again as I won’t live forever too. She has gone very far from me but I will someday find my way there.


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