Complete Shutdown

Towards, the end, a hospital close to home, took over dad's case and gave him the basic care he needed to live. He frequently developed low blood pressure and low pulse as a result of his consistent but insufficient liquid diet. He would refuse at times to even drink anything and had to be force fed through the nasogastric tube.

He was finally admitted on 19th April, 2013, with no traceable BP and low pulse. The hospital, doctors in charge and the staff, kept dad alive for 11 days, during which dad ate his first solid food in 3 months. He had his favorite ice cream, vanilla with fresh cut mangoes, dosa and coffee. 

Just as we thought and rejoiced that dad was recovering, dad developed severe fluid accumulation in his lungs, resulting in breathing difficulties and a related cardiac arrest followed. Though revived for a brief period, the end came on 1st May 2013, with him never having spoken a word to his family and passed through to another world. The straight line on his final ECG, will stay with me like nothing can ever stay in my memory. It was final.His fight against cancer ended all at once, with the disease practically eating him all up. 

Love you Dad.