Sai Shakthi Speaks and Smiles Once Again! (Super Speciality Hospital in Puttaparthy)

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the Super Speciality Hospital in Puttaparthy on 8th September 2005. His faith in

Bhagavan brought about the cure, which could not be accomplished even in a

teaching hospital in Delhi. All through the years the poor boy managed to

push in with his finger mashed-up food through the sides of his mouth, between

the teeth and the cheek, until the food went past the small gap behind the last

tooth. Although he attended school like any other child of his age he was

handicapped by his inability to speak. He was affected by ankylosis (fusion of

joint due to bone formation) of the Temporo-Mandibular joint (T-M

joint), the hinge where the two jaw bones meet. Initially the family sought

help from a teaching hospital in Orissa. After three months of hospitalisation

and procrastination, the doctors agreed to perform the operation that was

needed to have his mouth opened. They wanted the family agree to an elective

tracheotomy (making a surgical opening in the throat for placement of a

breathing tube into the trachea or windpipe) for a safe anaesthetic, but the

family refused consent and took the boy home. The boy’s father, who happened to

be working in Delhi, brought Sai Shakti to see some specialists at an

established teaching hospital. They too maintained that the boy should have a

tracheotomy for a safe anaesthetic, which was an accepted practice for a case

like this. Once again the family backed off allowing the boy’s misery to

continue. Sai Shakti along with his family and relatives attend Sai bhajans

locally. Some devotees at the bhajan, who had served as sevadals at the Super

Speciality hospital, suggested that they could try Swami’s hospital in

Puttaparthi, knowing that the hospital provides facilities for Plastic surgery,

in addition to Cardiac, Urology and Ophthalmology. With faith in Swami, Sai

Shakti came to Puttaparthy immediately with his uncle and consulted the plastic

surgeon. They were told that the operation was not a problem, but the

anaesthetist must be willing to administer the anaesthetic without the

tracheotomy. With some reassurance the boy was

referred to the anaesthetist for an assessment. The senior anaesthetist

reassured the patient and family that no tracheotomy would be done. Preliminary

investigations including X-rays and CT scans were done, which gave a good image

of the deflections and diameter of the air passages from the nostrils to the

trachea. While the anaesthetist was happy to proceed with the anaesthetic

without the tracheotomy, the patient was alerted to the fact that, in the

unlikely event of a failed nasal intubation, the operation would have to be

abandoned. The Super Speciality hospital is well equipped, even with

fibro-optic intubating bronchoscope that is quite costly and not generally

available in most government hospitals, and teaching hospitals in India , let

alone charity hospitals. Bhagavan has spared nothing to make such facilities

available for the poor, not to mention even the expertise of talented doctors.

The operative procedure is a kind of surgical remodelling of the T-M joint

with a prosthesis (arthroplasty) to get his jaws opened. The plastic surgeon in

Swami’s hospital is very experienced and had done this procedure several times

in his long career. The anaesthetist too has wide experience and is familiar

with procedures such as this. All staff involved in this case looked forward to

a successful outcome, with Swami’s grace. Prior to admission the boy had spent

a week in Puttaparthy and attended darshan of Bhagavan in Sai Kulwant Hall. He

had seen Bhagavan going in the midst of devotees in His special silver-metallic

car. Sai Shakti was confident that Swami would help him. He got admitted to the

ward and the night before the operation he had a dream. In his own words Sai

Shakti described to the operating theatre staff his overnight dream:

“Swami entered the Kulwant hall in His car from the ladies side. When the car

reached the middle of Kulwant hall it suddenly turned left and headed towards

the Gopuram. I got up and ran towards Swami and He lowered the window. I

stretched my hand

out to Him and Swami gave me a laddu and said, “Teesko” (take). I hesitated,

remembering my inability to open my mouth, but I was surprised that I could

immediately open my mouth and eat the laddu that Swami had given. This dream

experience has given me confidence that my operation would be successful, so I

am not frightened.” The boy was very happy and cooperative in the operating

theatre. The anaesthetist had no difficulty in passing the breathing tube

(endotracheal tube) with the help of the flexible paediatric fibro-optic

bronchoscope guiding him. Normally a blind nasal intubation without seeing the

larynx is very difficult, although very occasionally it is still possible. On

this occasion it was

Bhagavan’s mercy that made everything synchronize to make it a success. The

entire operation that lasted an hour and a half went off smoothly. At the end

of the operation the mouth was kept open with a rubber wedge. The boy recovered

from anaesthesia smoothly. As he woke up the first thing he saw was Swami's

picture on the wall and he said “Sai Ram! Sai Ram!!” Those were his first

words. He felt no pain and needed no pain-killer. He was able to speak to the

doctors and nurses in the recovery area of the operating suite. He could hardly

hold back what he had experienced under anaesthesia. We narrate the same, once

again, in Sai Shakti’s own words: “I saw a ball of fire burst

through the wall and Swami emerged from it. He reached out to me and lovingly

stroked my cheek and jaw on the side of the operation. Then He blessed me with

His abhayahasta and merged into the ball of fire, which disappeared into the

wall. That was sufficient for me to know

that the operation would cure me.” The remaining few days in hospital went

uneventful. He started eating normally and kept narrating his wonderful

experiences of Swami’s grace and the cure of his misery. He left the hospital

full of gratitude to Bhagavan and praise for the kindness of doctors and nurses

who showed such love and encouragement. Sai Shakthi as his name suggests truly

got his 'Shakthi' i.e., power from Sai. He was energised by Sai. Source:

Radio Sai E-Magazine, January

2006http://www.radiosai.org/Journals/Vol_04/01JAN06/Sai-Shakthi-Speaks-Again.htm

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Jai Sai Ram,

Very happy to read about successful surgery of Sai

Shakti.

Sai Shakti is lucky to have BABA's darshan in person

as well as dreams of BABA. He must be feeling so much

relaxed now that he will be able to relish "Laddu"

offered by BABA!

Jai SAI Ram.

Meera

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May our Merciful Lord take care of all his children, of all ages and nationalities!

 

(and may all humanity perceive that we are the legs, arms and Eyes of God !)

 

thank you Swami, for your Majestic Omnipresence to comfort and protect our hearts,

that are thursty and hungry for your Love !

 

Come in, Swami my Lord, my heart is your pillow, your bed and your prision... I love you !!

 

Sai Ram to all this beloved family

 

Jai Sai Ram !

Meerabai

 

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