Sister – ill
Grandfather – in hospital
Grandmother – not well
Other Grandfather – ill
Me – pincushion for blood tests
Work – Hasnt seen me in days
Wharton – No clue what to make of it
Life – Pushing me hard
Me – Spending 16 22 hours a day at the hospital
Rains in Mumbai – my only break
Sleep – Cluttered
Mind – Muddy
Wake up time – 4 AM to wet sponge my grandfather
Sanity – Challenged
Belief – Shortchanged
Ambulance rides – 6
Temper – Brief outages
Sleep time – Determined by nurses
Holding myself together – challenging
Deadlines missed at Wharton – 2
Tickets to Philly – no clue
Everynight, I am on my knees looking upto him and hand him my cross so that I can start carrying it the next day, again.
Updates: Had to cancel a trip to bangalore for the IBA Scholarship selection event because my grandfather had a surgery scheduled. This surgery was then postponed due to him having some blood clots in his legs. I have mucked some major stuff with respect to Wharton since I rarely have been at home for the last 10 days. Hope I can salvage it on reaching there. Havent been NASEOH in almost a month now .. its painful to not be able to go there .. 
I have so many loose ends here to tie up here at Mumbai and I hope I can get to half of them before I am forced to leave this place. Where is my angel ?
Update: Surgery postponed from Saturday to Wednesday and then preponed to Tuesday. 15 hours from now is the surgery. On my knees.
Further Update: Surgery postponed again to Friday. He is getting weaker and his kidneys are causing problems.
Surgery Done: Four hour surgery later, he is in the ICU. Doctors are sure he will recover soon. After his condition stabilizes, he will be moved into the general ward. Docs have mentioned that a lot of physiotherapy will be required to get him back to walking.
Out of the ICU: He is now out of danger and has been brought out from the ICU. Tomorrow and day after are going to be crucial because the doctor wants him to try to keep his feet down, but its going to be tough because my grandfather is one tough cookie and refuses to listen to anybody! He is feeling a lot better though and I hope to see him try to walk and then we can get on with the physio sessions.
Angel status: Found 
Back home: We brought him home a few days back. He is feeling a lot better, but still can’t try to walk. Physio sessions start in two days and the stitches will go out at the end of the month.
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Wish you all the strength to carry on Allwin , testing times but thats when you need to dig inside deep for everything & keep hope , i know you have it in you … stay strong man
Posted 06 Jul 2006 at 3:14 am ¶Hey ALLWIN, God be with you
My prayers with you, Wharton can wait for the
Posted 07 Jul 2006 at 9:54 pm ¶PG God! No probs, take care of Grand pa !!!
hey PG,
our prayers are with u. just keep the faith. I know u can handle any situation.
Posted 07 Jul 2006 at 10:40 pm ¶This too shall pass…
Posted 08 Jul 2006 at 3:17 pm ¶@Puneet – Thanks man .. what I’ve listed in not even half of what I am going through. I miss going to NASEOH and I am gonna do whatever it takes to make it there the coming Sunday. I hope I can.
@Arun, @Ankush – Thanks for the prayers. I know every little prayer helps .. Thanks again
@Uptownie – Hell yeah.
Posted 09 Jul 2006 at 1:40 pm ¶Sorry Allwin, this is pilfered from somewhere but I liked it..
” There is no oil, if olives are not squeezed… No wine, if grapes are not pressed… No perfume, if flowers are not crushed… Have you felt any pressure in life today???
Don’t worry… God is just bringing out the best in you!! Stay happy!!!”
Praying for you and your family…
Posted 09 Jul 2006 at 10:14 pm ¶Allwin!Chinta not!! Even this shall pass away!!Tough times dont last, tough people do!!
Aur ham sab hai naa to pray for you!! :gm:
Posted 10 Jul 2006 at 9:27 am ¶Hi Allwin,
Just hold on . I am sure things would be alright soon .
Nothing wrong can happen to someone like you who have touched so many lives …
BTDT
Posted 10 Jul 2006 at 3:43 pm ¶Where is my angel ?
She is standing right beside you with her hand
Posted 11 Jul 2006 at 5:46 am ¶on your shoulder to cheer you up…:D
Hi Allwin … May the god be with you! I hope that you shall sail through this, and your grandparents will be
Posted 11 Jul 2006 at 8:50 am ¶fine very soon. All the good work you had done for others will definitely show it’s result.
Thanks all, the surgery has been postponed again
.. Pains to see him in bed for so long now.. and every passing day he turns weaker. I hope all is well and they operate on Friday.
Thanks for your prayers people. I am sure each and every word you have prayed for me and my family counts! Love you all.
Posted 11 Jul 2006 at 12:35 pm ¶Its during the darkest hours we should keep faith…
Hope God blesses you with the strength to deal with it all…
Posted 12 Jul 2006 at 2:50 am ¶Heh! All will be well. Take care.
Posted 13 Jul 2006 at 7:39 pm ¶PG, Am sure, this phase will be over soon.. Its really rare and inspiring to see
God bless
Posted 13 Jul 2006 at 8:17 pm ¶a guy who has reached such heights already and who has gotten admit into Wharton,
place ‘family and affection’ ahead of such bubbles like, say , MBA.. I am sure
you are doing the greatest crisis mangagement right now!!! And dont worry dude,
all will be fine
thats great news !
Posted 14 Jul 2006 at 6:18 pm ¶Our prayers are with you dude . I am sure
Posted 15 Jul 2006 at 3:08 pm ¶everything is gonna be fine now.
Thanks Deepti, Zarine, Arun and KK for the wishes! Arun, I guess you’ve followed this post very closely .. thanks for all the comments. Without people, we are nothing. Period. Everything else can be left to sort itself out.
Posted 16 Jul 2006 at 11:09 pm ¶Right ho!!!
Posted 17 Jul 2006 at 10:23 pm ¶Hey PG….great to hear that grandpa is ok…
Don’t worry…. God made you come this far….And
He will definitely give you the strength to go further.
Keep the Faith…and All The Best.
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