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Jazzbot, you are a very very lucky guy to have him amongst you.I love the senior fellows of my country.They have to pay a lot to survive to this extent.Survival up till this age isn't an easy job especially in Pakistan.
I pray for his uneventful and quick recovery.And i wish him a long long & healthy time among his grandchildren and grand-grand children.
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If you guyz don't mind, i'll like to share my rather recent experiences with some of the senior fellows that have crossed the century mark.
I met one of them at A.F.I.C., he was WW-2 veteran;also took part in the 65 war.His daughter was a full colonel.I was a part of the team of doctors taking care of his health issues.And developed a good repute with him, while taking his history and managing him.
I still remember he was quite a jolly fellow and i still remember him mentioning it to me, that the "new generation and the youngster hardly consider us of any value (In short he was not that happy from the inside)....but loved talking to you....."
At that time i took it as a nice compliment.And kept in touch with him.After couple of days when he was getting discharged.He asked about me.I was on a short leave and was about to reach back home for some stuff.
When i received some text messages and a bunch of calls from different contacts.A senior colleague told me that "the man" won't go with out meeting you.He mentioned,"the patient just said to his attendants that i don't trust you guys and i want to meet him and i want to meet him now before we leave."
He added that, "we have already told them that you are not available.And i'm just calling you to tell you that...."
I went back, and there he was in his room all ready to go.He gifted me the Holy Quran and a pen.
I called him twice after that, he was back in Multan and in high spirits.
The other fellow i met(lucky me) when i was in FFH.He also had participated in WW-2.....and was admitted for a some surgical correction.He had some hearing difficulties.So, the ENT guyz took care of him along with us.He was 103 years old and had some minor issues.
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Jazzbot, you have an experienced human being with you who have seen it all.I wouldn't have desired any thing better than that.But unluckily both of my Paternal and Maternal grandparents have left this world.