Prayer to the Lord

Ravi was an alumnus of the Sri Sathya Sai University and a member of the technical staff at the Super Speciality Hospital at Prasanthi Gram.

One day he was watching a valve replacement surgery on a middle aged man from a distant town.  For a long time the team of surgeons was not able to wean the patient from the heart-lung machine and make the heart resume its work on its own.  Usually with successive attempts, the heart picks up gradually with the help of supporting drugs.  In this particular case,despite several attempts, the heart could not be revived and the blood pressure and the heart rate came down gradually making it necessary to put the patient back on bypass to rest the heart.

The team began to lose hope, as all usual steps had been taken and still the heart could not be weaned.  A cardiologist was summoned and after elaborate tests, confirmed that the artificial valve was competent.  The team was puzzled.  The situation was most disturbing.

Ravi left the Operation Theatre briefly.  While in the corridor it suddenly struck him that there was one recourse which had not been taken.  That was to seek the help of Bhagawan through sincere prayer.  That is what he did immediately, standing in the corridor.  Mentally he called to Bhagawan for help.  His mind calmed down and he felt elevated.

When he re-entered the Operation Theatre after a few minutes, the atmosphere had totally changed. The heart-lung machine had been switched off and a glance a the screen indicated that the heart was pumping well and the team was relaxed and composed as if it was all a routine job.  It seems that the condition had suddenly improved a few minutes before.  Ravi did not tell anybody what he had done.

The climax took place on the following Sunday when Ravi sat in the portico for Darshan.  Bhagawan came up to him, materialized vibhuti for him and said lovingly, "This is for the prayer you made for that patient."

(From the book "Mother Sai's Miracles of Love")