...it's almost a month now that my bro-in-law's been in the icu...fellow patients' relatives become friends and enormous pillars of strength...but today was the worst day...one such pillar's husband lost the battle. he'd been up n down but never better... his wife and my sister bonded thick n kept each other's spirits up on this roller coaster. her husband fighting excessive uric acid deposits in his body...
this evening, his heartbeat blip went flat...
outside, in the waiting room, the dams burst. they'd been springing leaks all week. try as you might...steel yourself...but when the moment comes, something deep inside just crumbles...his 8yr old son on seeing the white coloured nutrition anil (b-in-law) was receiving, excitedly tells his mum, "they're giving uncle lassi!"
he'd just discovered scrabble two days ago, when i had pulled out the game to distract my sister's very preoccupied mind...
images from bergmans's seventh seal flash by...how much time can we really buy?... while we keep praying that anil wins this round of chess.
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