I've noticed a discernible pattern in the manner in which two of the people close to us - Kamalamma Pillai and Usha Sasidharan - had gone through their final moments of their lives. I must admit that my deductions are based on the recounts from the bystanders and attendants who're with the two ladies in those times. Both of them had lost the wish to live......
Let me dwell a bit more upon it without sounding morbid.
Kamalamma Pillai's medical condition had started improving and the doctor had said that she could be shifted out of the Coronary Care Unit, once she was out of her stupor caused by the powerful medicines being pumped into her. Tragedy struck at the moment - while she was out of her medicinal haze - when she realised that her leg had been amputated and as my cousin says, "there was a look of utter helplessness and despair on her face". After that, her parameters had started misbehaving and it did not take much time for the end.
In a similar vein, Usha Sasidharan had been admitted to the hospital a fortnight back because her lungs were unable to cope with the supply of fresh air for her system. Similar conditions had been successfully overcome by her earlier and she hoped that it would be only a matter of time before she regained her rhythm. But sometime in between, her grandson was brought in to be with her and it was then that she realised that she'd lost her power of speech. Realising that this time it was graver - never to recover - she started slipping....the end wasn't far.
There's another interpretation. When the script of one's life comes to its final stages, the wish to live goes off....perhaps!
Tailpiece.
1. The return journey from Chengannur by train took longer than usual thanks to the many crossings and overtakings. By the time I'd reached home, it was well beyond half past 9!
2. Tomorrow is another long day when we've to be at Kochi to bid adieu to Kamalamma Pillai on her final journey. Her son is fetching up from abroad by the early morning flight.
Let me dwell a bit more upon it without sounding morbid.
Kamalamma Pillai's medical condition had started improving and the doctor had said that she could be shifted out of the Coronary Care Unit, once she was out of her stupor caused by the powerful medicines being pumped into her. Tragedy struck at the moment - while she was out of her medicinal haze - when she realised that her leg had been amputated and as my cousin says, "there was a look of utter helplessness and despair on her face". After that, her parameters had started misbehaving and it did not take much time for the end.
In a similar vein, Usha Sasidharan had been admitted to the hospital a fortnight back because her lungs were unable to cope with the supply of fresh air for her system. Similar conditions had been successfully overcome by her earlier and she hoped that it would be only a matter of time before she regained her rhythm. But sometime in between, her grandson was brought in to be with her and it was then that she realised that she'd lost her power of speech. Realising that this time it was graver - never to recover - she started slipping....the end wasn't far.
There's another interpretation. When the script of one's life comes to its final stages, the wish to live goes off....perhaps!
Tailpiece.
1. The return journey from Chengannur by train took longer than usual thanks to the many crossings and overtakings. By the time I'd reached home, it was well beyond half past 9!
2. Tomorrow is another long day when we've to be at Kochi to bid adieu to Kamalamma Pillai on her final journey. Her son is fetching up from abroad by the early morning flight.
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