--- On Sun, 12/21/08, Kalyani Krishnamachari <kkrishnamachari@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Kalyani Krishnamachari <kkrishnamachari@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [chicago-local-group] Sri Krishanamchari > To: andavan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ramanujamission@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, > oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, azhwar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, > chicago-local-group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Sunday, December 21, 2008, 6:50 AM > namaskaram. > > It is overwhelming to read all the postings and emails on > Sri Krishnamachari. > > It was my misfortune that took him away from us all. But, > he is going to a better place with eternal bliss; no more > heart problems, no more neuropathies, no more trigeminal > neuralgias, no more attack of parkinsonâs, no more > blapherospasms in the eyes, no more worry about medicine for > the one affecting the other. How much can a body take? > > On Thursday, December 9 (kaisika ekadasi day), Sri > Krishnamachari was returning from work in a bus to catch the > train to come home; he had forgotten to take his cell phone > with him that day; he would have normally called from work > before he left; but, he didnât. In the bus, he is said to > have had an erythma attack and fallen down; there is no > account of how long he was down; some nurses who were > traveling in the bus found him and tried to revive him and > called the ambulance; by the time he was admitted in the > emergency, it was 20 minutes and he had 2 more erythma > attacks. For another 40 minutes or so, they could not get > his pulse. When our daughter held his hand and told him that > she was there and amma is coming, his pulse came back, which > surprised all the doctors there. I arrived at the spot much > later. Our son arrived from LA the next morning. Our close > family members arrived also. > > Prognosis was â his brain and organs had no oxygen for > more than an hour and got damaged. He had seizures that > night; even after 48 hours, he did not wake up and reflexes > were not back. Four different medications were pumping his > heart, ventilator was breathing for him. Kidney failed. > Everything else started going downhill. I was asked make the > toughest decision in life â when to pull the life support > out (when I hesitated, the argument given to me by doctors > was â donât think you are killing him; he could have > died in the bus). Didnât want to lose him right way; so, > I went with âdonât pull the life support, but you do not > have to give any new treatments like dialysis etc; let > nature take its courseâ. His heart started beating on his > own; so all medicines were withdrawn. Another 2 days, > another pressure â can we pull the ventilator out? Since > kidney was getting worse and worse, I had to go with â do > not pull the tube from his > mouth; just shut the ventilatorâ. On Thursday, 12/17, > around 3 pm, the ventilator was slowed down gradually and > when it was totally shut off, he started breathing on his > own; his pulse rate was sound. We were told that the > duration will be unpredictable; so, we watched him like a > hawk during that night; around midnight, his BP started > going down, and around 4:15 am (12/18), he breathed his > last, passed peacefully and attained our Acaryanâs > tiruvaDi. > > Was he waiting for his family to come and see him? Was he > waiting for all his brothersâ kids and my sistersâ kids > and all the Chicago friends to come and see him? Was he > waiting for me to come to terms with life, become ready to > let him go? May be. All I am proud of is, as much as I > could, I pulled my strength and chanted dvayam in his ears > almost all the time, especially during his last hours. I > want to believe that he was not dead in the bus; he died > peacefully with his family around and with dvayam ringing > his ears. > > Our family would like to thank one and all, grieving with > us this moment; it means a lot to us and is very consoling. > > > He had at least one wish that did not get fulfilled; he > wanted to get his Vishnu sahasranamam published as a regular > book; my son and I will try to collect all his materials > from his laptop and see what we can do to accomplish that. > > I am ending with this â who is going to call me every > second for misplaced eyeglasses? Who is going to call me to > tell me â you left the âhâ in Satrughna, check this > dictionary, that dictionary, go get the other references and > provide reference numbers for all slokams? Who am I going to > argue with â no, acaryan said only my way, not your way; > why are you nitpicking on everything I write? Who is going > to edit my acarya ramamrtam books with eyes affected by > blapherospasm? Who am I going to say â get off the PC and > go take a bath? Who is going to tell me â donât run away > to watch TV; you have to give more when you write; you > cannot just translate into English without putting life into > it? > > We are going to do the 9th thru 13th ceremonies in > Kumbakonam; this is what he would have liked also - to reach > the astral plane from his home town where his 2 brothers > are. > > Warm regards, > SrImad ANDavan tiruvaDi, > Kalyani Krishnamachari (very blessed to have a fine family > and lots and lots of friends) > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/join (Yahoo! 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