“”Baba recounted the accident for Filis and spelled on the board, "America was after my blood for a long time."
Baba repeated this with a beaming smile, as if everything had gone just as he wished.
Soon after Baba arrived, Fred and Ella Winterfeldt drove up to see him. The mandali (Adi Sr., Nilu and Gustadji) were booked at a Guest House in nearby White Plains and the Winterfeldts lent them their Chevrolet to drive back and forth to Scarsdale. Meherjee and Sarosh attended to some private business and family related work in New York City.
Correspondence had begun in late June between Goher in Myrtle Beach and Ivy in New York City concerning detailed instructions for doctor appointments in New York:
[30 June 1952] ... Baba wishes you to know that when you make appointments with the various specialists for him and Mehera you should not consider the question of expenses at all but you must get the most expert and the best of surgeons for Baba and Mehera. You must also see that both Baba and Mehera are seen as private cases and they do not have to wait in line with other patients and undergo a long routine examination, registration, etc., which Baba does not want as all these waiting hours tire him out. So Baba wants you to arrange in such a way that the surgeons see Baba and Mehera either at their hospitals or private offices as it suits them best and give proper treatment, advice, etc.
Baba will need further X-rays to be taken and perhaps re-plastering. Mehera's X-rays I have, but I want her eyes examined and treated by a very good eye surgeon, a man who has experience of eye operations, etc. Mehera cannot yet open completely her right eye as it is still inflamed and painful.
[4 July 1952]... Baba also wishes to be seen by an ear, nose and throat specialist as his nose is still swollen and his palate hurts. Baba wants his appointment on the 21st July. Baba says if it is suitable for ear, nose and throat specialist to examine him at home then Baba prefers that the doctor should come home and examine Baba and Mehera in the same visit or else they will go to the doctor's office. If the appointment is at the office then the dates for Baba is 21 July and for Mehera 16 or 17 July. I hope all the points are clear.
