My Day Today.

My Day Today.

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My Dear Rajesh,

I have a very important news for you today. 

Today is 2 nd.December 2020. 

My office friend you remember ,Alice?

Her son Mathew was only sone months younger to you. Her second,  was a daughter by name Bernadine  and  they call her Beta. 

Alice was progressively deteriorating in health from last January onwards. 

Her daughter married a German and Alice had sent me photos of their wedding in Germany and later in India. 

So Alice was not having much contact with me in December,January  etc. I thought may be she is busy in getting visa for Beta to go  to Germany  to.join her husband. When I called her somewhere in February ,Alice said she had some lung infection and her voice is affected. Later though I was sending messages and sometimes speaking she deteriorated progressively leading to hospitalisation at JSS,Mysore somewhere in July,August or so. She came home but again ,could not talk and again hospitalisation and after coming back one day, to my repeated enquiries sent me a  picture of her sitting with John ,her husband and a tube to her nose for oxygen  canister. 

But again this November 1 st Alice suffered a stroke  and I don't  know  how far is her stroke debilitating her and she has been admitted to Columbia Asia . Though she was taken home somewhere later on 12 th or so she suffered a seizure . So  they brought her back to Colombia Asia. 

Alice uis  in  coma now and her daughter when I asked in Alice number messaged from her own number which I also am having ,abd informed me that Alice is in oxygen and not in ventilator as that will deprive her off completely from her family if shr goes to ICU. 

So there you are. I was so upset last  Saturday as I just kept some lamps being  Karthikai  Deepam  Day.

Somehow I keep only oil lamps and not candles.  But that day I thought of keeping Alice' s candles, which were her return gift as me and Ranju as we  attended Mathew s wedding at Mysore. 

Her daughter says doctor is saying only sone days but nothing so far. I am anxious. My friend here  is advising me not to ask, as they can.be under stress.

Yes, but today I had queasiness  at  8.15 and thought of checking on Ranju and also this Beta. 

Ranju said she is ok. 

Beta says same condition. 

I have finished my worry. 

Next is the cricket news. Australia beat Indiav3- 2 in ODI. India in Australia.  

I had a very painful ear since Sunday.  

As it is risky to go to.ENT surgeons etc being pandemic period  I took some earlier prescription. But today Ranju took me to her Diabetologist doctor who can have s look. Here it is very cold as the storm that battered Tamil Nadu last week called Nihar caused rains here too and Bengaluru  is very cold and it is not ear infection,  but the neural pain at the joints  of ear and jaw.  

I am.ok today. So don't  worry. 

I never celebrate anything properly after you have gone. Was lighting lamps only near God unlike earlier times of decorating the outlines of the house with deepams.  

 So with lots of affection,

Amma.