From: Maha Varaha prabhu

HH Jayapataka Swami Guru Maharaja’s ICU lila at Hinduja:

Last night (November 8th) we were reading Shri Chaitanya Charitamrita till 11
p.m., even though Guru Maharaja was in a deep sleep. This morning (November
9) we sneaked into the ICU, at 5 a.m., just to check out on his condition.
Guru Maharaja’s right eye (the left eye has plaster over it) was wide open.
He looked very fresh. I called his name and said a few positive and
encouraging words, whilst mildly rubbing his left hand. He grasped my hand,
firmly, and lifted it on his own. Then he opened his mouth and was trying to
speak something . . . . . . . he kept twisting his tongue. Unfortunately, a
nurse came and told me to leave. No one is allowed, in the ICU, before 6
a.m.

When I entered, at 6a.m., his eye was still wide open – Guru Maharaja was
fully awake. I asked the nurse whether I could speak to him. She nodded. I
reminded Guru Maharaja,”Today is the first day of Bhisma Pancaka Vrata; many
devotees in Mayapur Dham are observing this vrata for your speed recovery.”
He turned his head, bringing his ear more and more closer toward me. I
repeated the same message much louder. He seemed to understand. Then, I held
a photo of Shri Shri Radha Madhava, for about 2 minutes, right in front of
his eyes so that he could take darshan . . . . . . . next, Lord
Nrsinghadeva’s darshan. Upon seeing Lord Nrsinghadeva, he lifted his left
arm, again and again, trying to touch the picture. I brought the picture
closer to his hand. . . . . . . . .that same nurse again! She interrupted us
and told me that my presence was disturbing her duties.

She seems to be quite moody, right now. So I must leave the ICU. The good
news is that Guru Maharaja has been maintaining much higher levels of
external consciousness since yesterday afternoon.

Ys,
Maha Varaha

Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to Guru Maharaja.

Hinduja Hospital

18th Nov, 7 pm – 11 pm

7 pm: We were today on the night shift of care givers and when we arrived HH
Lokanath Swami was with Guru Maharaja holding his hand and gently touching
his head.

Since visiting hours is only between 5 to 7 pm, he told me he will leave,
and I told him that Guru Maharaja will eat now. He said “Oh, then I would
love to feed him.” HH Lokanath Maharaj in a very humble and caring way fed
Guru Maharaja for arround 30 min. This time Guru Maharaja ate a litle
more!!! Then Maharaja took Guru Maharaja’s hand and placed it on his head
asking for blessings and then Maharaja left.

After Lokanath Swami went Guru Maharaja was trying to communicate with us
during the night.

Guru Maharaja was very active and conscious. Whenever he sees a person he
asks who he is. He wants to know everything that is happening arround him.
His eyes are very active and as soon as he recognizes someone, he starts
calling him and moves his hands and head doing signals asking him different
questions. Sometimes he points his head, sometimes his stomach, sometimes he
moves his tongue like he is talking, sometimes he wants to write and other
times he moves his whole body. Like that Guru Maharaja is interacting with
us in different ways.

When we cannot understand him, he points out the alphabetic board and he
tries to indicate us the letters. It is like playing charades and guessing
what Guru Maharaja wants.

At 10:30 pm, the nurses told me to leave, because it is time to sleep. We
went to ICCU waiting room, and around 11 pm the nurses call out in the
speaker, “bed number 20, bed number 20!!!”. So we rush to Guru Maharaja’s
bed, and I saw like 3 nurses with the alphabetic board, trying to guess what
he wanted, jejeje. Finally they gave up and told us Swamiji want something.
We asked Guru Maharaja and he wanted us to turn off the lights and to
scratch his face. Guru Maharaja did not want to sleep. So I told him,
“Please it is 11 pm, it’s time to sleep.” Like always his nitya lila. But no
hope. So we started to read softly Caitanya Caritamrita, and to do massage
on his legs. Slowly he started to close his eyes and finally sleep.

19th Nov

4:30 am: We went for the morning program, and Guru Maharaja was already
awake asking questions to the nurses. We tried to guess what he wanted and
finally I told him that it is mangal arotik time. We took the picture of
Radha Madhava and Panca Tattva and started singing. He remained silent and
in a praying mood, finally we brought the picture of Lord Nrsimha, and sang
Namas Te prayers.

After the prayers I started explaining to Guru Maharaja the whole history of
what had happened from the beginning when he was admitted in the hospital
until now how he is improving alot. Guru Maharaja was listening carefully as
he always wants to know what was happening to him. Finally I told him that
we are in trouble now, because all his Godbrothers wanted to go to Europe,
USA, Oz, etc!

We would like to thank all the devotees who are caring for Guru Maharaja
especially Braja Hari prabhu and Bhakti Purushottam Maharaja who is leading
the whole team so nicely, all the Bhaktivedanta Hospital doctors lead by
Madhavananda prabhu, Pundarik Govinda Prabhu who is the supervisor and the
devotees who are behind the screen like Madhava Kanta Prabhu, Ratnavali dd,
Sarva Sakti dd, Madhuri Yamuna dd and Vasudevatmaja prabhu who are acting as
facilitators. Also special thanks to the Mayapur Brahmacaris who are
standing outside the hospital guarding 24hrs a day.

Your servants,

JPS Caregivers

From: Ekanath Gaura Prabhu

17 Nov afternoon shift

Guru Maharaja was most conscious today.  Asraya, Bhadra Balaram and myself
were in the hospital together with Damodar Pandit Prabhu (the Bhaktivedhanta
Hospital Spiritual Counselor).

7 pm: I went to the ICCU room, and Guru Maharaja was with his eyes open, and
he was observing to see who has come to see him. One of the duties of the
secretaries is to ask Guru Maharaja how he feels, etc, so we ask him and he
nodded his head to say he is ok. Sometimes when we ask him how he is, he
moves his fingers, or limbs to show he is feeling better.

I explained to him that we have a new system for communication, which is
called Camera mouse. It is a software that needs a webcam. The webcam is
used to select a part of your body which will work as a mouse. Guru Maharaja
can use his eyes or his head, or a finger  as a mouse, and he can indicate
the alphabets on the computer or use any program on the computer normally.
He was happy about it.  At this moment he is weak to use it but we will
trying it when he gets little stronger. Damodara Pandit prabhu also
explained to Guru Maharaja about the program and some other details.

Guru Maharaja pointed me his stomach.  I asked him if he would like to eat
and he replied yes.  Vasudevatmaja prabhu had prepared some prasadam for
Guru Maharaja. Since the ventilator was on a full mode we were not allowed
to feed orally any food  to Guru  Maharaja. The fact that Guru Maharaja is
asking for food is a good symptom. It means that his body has started to
work properly.

Later on, I came back and I told Guru Maharaja that many of his Godbrothers
and well wishers came to see him, like Sacinandana Maharaja, Radhanath
Maharaj, Radha Govinda Swami, Kavicandra Swami, Gopal Krsna Goswami,
Tirtharaj, etc.

I asked Guru Maharaja, “Did you see Sacinandana Swami in the morning?” He
was very happy and he inquired with his head if Maharaja was there. I said,
“No, he came in the morning to tell you about  the dream he had with you.”
Guru Maharaja wanted to know about the dream.  I told him that Maharaja will
be coming personally to tell the dream. I also said Tirtharaja came in the
morning with his wife. Guru Maharaja moved his head and hands asking me if
they were here too, unfortunally no i replied, but they send their love to
you.  I said devotees are inviting you, Tirtharaja to OZ,
Bir Krishna Goswami to USA and he opened his eyes very big, and were filled
with tears/

At 7:50 pm I explained  him that we have 4 shifts, Maha Varaha, Bhadra
Balarama, Vaikuntha Pati and Dharesh… Guru Maharaja moved his mouth and
said, “Dharesh?” I said yes. Guru Maharaja wanted to know if Dharesh was
there. I said he would be coming tomorrow. Guru Maharaja was happy to see
that all his servants were there with him. I took his hand  and I told him,
“Guru Maharaja we are all here in the hospital with you.  Not only us, all
the devotees arround the world are here with you. We love you so much, and
his eyes again filled with tears.”

Damodara Pandit Prabhu suggested that we should have a whole day program for
Guru Maharaja with devotees taking turns to read, to chant with him, to feed
him and to visit him.

8 pm: Guru Maharaja started moving his hand towards all the tubes asking me
why he has all these tubes. I told him that one is for ventilator. He
pointed the other and I said for removing the mucus and like this we went
through each one of them. Finally he moved his left hand like he wanted to
chant. So I asked him if he wanted his clicker. He nodded to say no. I asked
if he wanted Black berry. He nodded to say no. I became confused and kept
asking if he wants to chant but that’s not what he wanted. Finally I
realised he was talking about a special device that he has on his left
finger to measure the blood.

HH Jayapataka Maharaj’s status report by Dr Madhavananda das, Director of
Bhaktivedanta Hospital,Mumbai

The neurologist was happy to see Maharaj fully alert and conscious. Maharaj
feels hungry and asks to be fed. He takes a few teaspoons of semisolid food
2-3 times a day.

The weaning from the ventilator is going on. Today they weaned him off the
ventilatory support at 2.30 pm. We are waiting and watching for how long he
can sustain respiration without the ventilatory support.

The progress he is making is very heartening to see and the neurologist and
intensivist are happy with this positive outcome and feel that very soon he
will be able to pull through without ventilatory support.

Maharaj is much less critical as compared to the first 10 days of his
admission in ICU.

Please continue to pray intensely.

From Maha Varaha prabhu:

Around 6pm HH Lokanath Swami Maharaj came to visit Guru Maharaja at Hinduja
Hospital. Maharaj is coming after the one month Vraja Mandala Parikrama and
3 days Puri Parikrama. Maharaj was with Guru Maharaja for almost 1 hour 15
mins. He was explaning about the Vraja Mandala Parikrama and also the Puri
Parikrama. According to Maharaj about 5000 Puri Parikrama participants
offered each of their sankalpa in the name of Guru Maharaja infront of the
Simha Dwara (Lion Gate) of Lord Jaganath Temple. He went on explaining in
detail about the success of the parikrama and how the devotees are missing
his transcendental association. Before HH Lokanath Maharaj left the ICCU
ward he asked Guru Maharaja if there is any message for the devotees? Guru
Maharaja pointed out the word ‘Gauranga’ & ‘Haribol’ on the alphabetical
board.

Additional info:

While Ekanatha Gaura prabhu was making the bowl ready to feed the soup to
Guru Maharaja, Lokanath Maharaja wanted to feed Guru Maharaja personally. He
took the bowl from Ekanath Gaura prabhu and fed few spoons of soup to Guru
Maharaja. What a nice loving reciprocation!!!

Yesterday Asraya Govinda prabhu mentioned to Guru Maharaja that he is going
back to Mayapur. Guru Maharaja through the sign language expressed his
desire to also go to Mayapur. Asraya Govinda prabhu replied once Guru
Maharaja gets better and comes out of the hospital will be taken to Mayapur.
Guru Maharaja’s heart is always in Mayapur!

Through the sign language Guru Maharaja wanted to know in which hospital he
was, who were the doctors treating him and who was paying for his expenses.
He is not talking yet but through the alphabetical board, some hand
movements and face expressions communicating with the devotees. The devotees
asked Guru Maharaja not to worry of the medical expenses as it has been
taken care of.

Right now the real hurdle is for Guru Maharaja to come out of the ICCU and
the ventilator. His lungs are little weak. We need another miracle to happen
so that with Lord Krishna’s mercy Guru Maharaja can successfully come out of
the ventilator. The most merciful Lordships seem to be reciprocating
lovingly with devotees’ prayers and we beg Them to continue so that Guru
Maharaja can fully recover.

In conclusion, devotees please remember that Guru Maharaja’s situation is
still critical and sincere prayers are the only medicine.

Your humble servant,

Ratnavali dd

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HH Jayapataka Maharaj’s status report by Dr Madhavananda das, Director of
Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Mumbai

Maharaj is more alert and is able to clearly understand what is being
spoken to him. He is trying to communicate using the alphabet board and
through his hand movements (which are limited due to weakness). Today HH
Sacinandana Maharaj and HH Candramauli Maharaj came to visit him. They had
a lively interaction with him. When HH Sacinandana Maharaj told Maharaj
that he had come earlier also to visit him, Maharaj showed two fingers
indicating that he remembers that Sacinandana Maharaj had come twice to
meet him which was accurate.

Maharaj ate a few teaspoons of khitchri today. His nutrition is still being
maintained by naso gastric feeds like before.

Maharaj is still on ventilatory support. The weaning process is going on.
Please continue your intense prayers for his quick recovery.