15th July, 2105 my mother's younger brother, Amulya Nath, sister Rekha Devi Bora and her husband Atul Bora came from Guwahati to look up Ma. She was happy to see all of them but her declining health prevented her from expressing her happiness. So 15th July 2015 passed with happiness in the household. On the 16th July, all three along with my sister, Monoroma left for Guwahati with mixed feelings, knowing that this was the last they were seeing of Ma and at the same time hoping that some miracle would keep her alive.
On my part, I never gave up hoping that she would bounce back from this health crisis. We did everything possible to keep her happy. Refrained from doing anything to upset her. To reduce the load of painkillers, we went to Dr. Pratip Banerji, son of Dr. Prasanta Banerji who saw her on the 23rd June 2015 and prescribed some medicines and said she will be alright. Ma believed him. I believed him too. So did my sister Monoroma. Ma scrupulously followed medicine timings. For her, that was almost her last hope of recovering. For me and my family too. At the same time we could see the external part of her malignant condition. It kept on growing. Dr. Pratip Banerji had advised us against any further Radiation Therapy. We had no options but to follow his advices. On more than one occassion, Ma kept telling us that a certain point on her chest she felt defined pain. I knew, as was expalined by Dr. Kapila Manikantan of Tata Medical Centre that the tumour would continue to grow out and also internally and would eventually claim her.
Claim her it did on the 20th July 2015 at Woodlands Multispecialty Hospital. We took Ma to the Hospital on 17th July 2015 morning as she had stopped eating on 16th July. Infact, she could not sleep the whole night. In the hospital a Ryles tube was inserted through nose for feeding. She was put on dextrose and fluids. Dr. Klyan Banerjee attempted to insert a more appropriate feeding tube on 18th July but told us that her oxygen saturation was critically low. This was at 2pm on 18th July 2015. By about 4.30pm that day, Dr. Banerjee told me that she wont make it and to call my folks. I did.
On the morning of 20th July, Ma breathed her last at 8.45AM.
Rest in Peace. Till I meet you again. Yo are the best. No one can replace you ever.
On my part, I never gave up hoping that she would bounce back from this health crisis. We did everything possible to keep her happy. Refrained from doing anything to upset her. To reduce the load of painkillers, we went to Dr. Pratip Banerji, son of Dr. Prasanta Banerji who saw her on the 23rd June 2015 and prescribed some medicines and said she will be alright. Ma believed him. I believed him too. So did my sister Monoroma. Ma scrupulously followed medicine timings. For her, that was almost her last hope of recovering. For me and my family too. At the same time we could see the external part of her malignant condition. It kept on growing. Dr. Pratip Banerji had advised us against any further Radiation Therapy. We had no options but to follow his advices. On more than one occassion, Ma kept telling us that a certain point on her chest she felt defined pain. I knew, as was expalined by Dr. Kapila Manikantan of Tata Medical Centre that the tumour would continue to grow out and also internally and would eventually claim her.
Claim her it did on the 20th July 2015 at Woodlands Multispecialty Hospital. We took Ma to the Hospital on 17th July 2015 morning as she had stopped eating on 16th July. Infact, she could not sleep the whole night. In the hospital a Ryles tube was inserted through nose for feeding. She was put on dextrose and fluids. Dr. Klyan Banerjee attempted to insert a more appropriate feeding tube on 18th July but told us that her oxygen saturation was critically low. This was at 2pm on 18th July 2015. By about 4.30pm that day, Dr. Banerjee told me that she wont make it and to call my folks. I did.
On the morning of 20th July, Ma breathed her last at 8.45AM.
Rest in Peace. Till I meet you again. Yo are the best. No one can replace you ever.
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