At the time the mandali were unaware that Dr. Ginde had driven to Ahmednagar several times in December 1968, and in January 1969. But since Baba had not given him permission to visit, he had had his driver turn the car around when nearing Meherazad, and drive back to Bombay. Such was Ram Ginde's devotion to his living Ram!
Dr. Grant was to be informed that he should come to Meherazad when he made his monthly visit to Booth Hospital on the 30th. Meherjee, Meherwan and Dr. Ichaporia could accompany him, if it was convenient. Eruch had opined that Baba would have to travel by ambulance when he went to Poona, and they had already begun making inquiries about hiring one.
At about 1:30 P.M. On the 27th, Baba had food prepared by Chhagan. Adi sent some homeopathic medicine for Baba (Mag. Phos. 12x) to be given every two hours for the spasms.
Since early in the morning on Tuesday, 28 January 1969, Baba began having frequent spasmodic jolts — as if an electric shock were passing through his entire body. It was a horrible day. For sixteen hours, Baba had continual major and minor "jerks" from 5:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M., while Eruch, Bhau, Pendu, and Francis had to hold him down on the bed.1 The jolts completely exhausted him. With every jerk, Baba would complain of terrible pain in the small of his back, which was caused by back spasms. He even found breathing difficult. Finally, Baba's physical body returned to normal; from 9:00 P.M. until 3:30 A.M., there were almost no jolts.
Padri visited Meherazad on the morning of the 29th. Rustom Kaka's son, Manek, used to go frequently to Meherazad, delivering urgent letters or telegrams from Adi's office. Baba was in a good mood when Manek arrived with a telegram at about 8:15 A.M. that day.
Baba asked him, "I am suffering terribly, as the whole burden is on me. Did Eruch tell you anything about my condition?"
Footnotes
- 1.Don cautioned the mandali not to press too hard to suppress the spasms, which might injure Baba's weakened hip joint.