SAI GRACE - Dr. G. R. Vijayakumar

[Guest guest]

The Lady Obstetrician, Dr. Miss Gesualda received us in the hospital with a

big smile. She chided me for being too frantic in bringing my wife earlier.

That being a Saturday she was also in a relaxing mood. However for my sake

she admitted my wife for observation. She was confident that my wife would

not deliver for a couple of weeks more.

 

It was around 9 p. m. in the night that my wife got into labour pains. Dr.

Gesualda and her staff put a valient struggle to get her delivered normally.

Ultimately when the mother was exhausted, Dr. Gesualda called me aside and

told me that my wife was in danger and that it was the question of either

the mother or the child. She had decided caesarean operation for the

delivery.

 

For a moment I was speechless. I was all alone. I had sent back my car with

my parents-in-law to the estate which was 10 k.m. away. With no means of

communication at that dead night, I had to totally bank upon Lord Sainath. I

was brooding over what the learned Obstetrician. Dr. Gesulda said about

either the mother or the child could survive. I was recalling those early

days of my wife's pregnancy in which she was so confident of Sai Nath's

blessings to her for another son.

 

One more problem arose. The Anaesthetist of the hospital had gone out for a

party and she was expected only next morning. When I saw the helpless

surgeon. I offered my services to administer anaesthesia to my wife.

Reluctantly Dr. Gesualda agreed. As I was getting ready to enter the

Operation-Theatre, I was crying for Sai's help. Lo, He did come to our

rescue.

We heard the noise of a car and soon from it emerged the Anaesthetist. She

told us that some sixth sense prevailed on her to come back to the hospital

and she had driven badly.

After an hour's suspense, Dr. Gesualda came out and announced, "Doctor

Vijay, you are lucky. Seetha is safe. You are blessed with a bonny son".

 

This was around 3 a. m. on the 26th August 1979. Fortunately this coincided

with the auspicious day of Ganesh Chathurthi and for us it was the birth of

Sai-Ganesh. It was late next day that my wife regained consciousness and the

first thing she uttered was 'Sai Ram’ as if she was in a dreamy state.

 

True to Shri Radhakrisnna Swamiji's words, we crossed obstacles through Sai

grace and we aptly named our second son ‘Sai Prabhu'. Unfortunately by the

time we could take our children to Bangalore to be blessed by that great

apostle of love Shri Radhakrishna Swamiji- had given up His mortal coil on

the 14th of January 1980- However, on our visit to the Sai mandhir every

time, we have felt his ever-blessing spirit there.

 

May Lord Sainath bless everyone:

 

 

Dr. G. R. Vijayakumar

(Karnataka)

 

 

(The experiences of Devotees as published in Shri Sai Leela Magazine, can be

read at www.saileelas.org/magazines/SAILEELA/exp.htm)