Musings

There are a million thoughts in the mind....and it is at the moment very difficult to untangle them and get them out in a logical order.

Well...Sujatha passed away on 03 Jul 08 at 2.15 pm after putting up a very brave fight.

Yes...it was a very brave fight....a fight that commenced on 23 Nov 07 when she was diagnosed with HCC (Liver Cancer for the uninitiated).

I remember the days immediately after we knew what the "slight pain" on the right side of her abdomen was. I was shattered. Just when I thought that both my professional and family life was sailing smoothly and we were looking forward to better days, life decided to deal this blow. Thanks to Internet, I knew my wife's days were numbered. She did too.

I would have nightmares and would get up screaming...but it was Sujatha who would calm me down saying she had immense faith in the Almighty and Sri Raghavendra and that she would come out of this temporary [sic] setback to her health . It was really amazing how unchanged she was in all aspects of her life!! I never knew that any person could be so courageous.

Visits to the doctors for reviews were traumatic..and that is putting it mildly. I would not be able to sleep for at least a week before any visit to the doc was due and the nights before the docs pronounce the "verdict" were always nightmarish. Sujatha, however, would be as calm as ever...never perturbed and always optimistic. She always slept well....ate well....and cared for herself in a very dignified way. Guess she raised the bar on what it takes to be called "dignified"!

To me Sujatha and her exemplary ways during the last 7 months of her life have set a benchmark in bravery and human endurance that will be a very difficult act to follow. I was uniquely privileged to have had a ring side view of this tremendous act of courage from a seemingly ordinary woman.

I salute her bravery and have no shame in admitting that she deserves what people of my ilk consider as the ultimate compliment a lot more than me....the title of a "Soldier".

With regards to the brave soul,

Gururaj

# posted by Gururaj @ 12:13 AM