It's 4:15 am in Sydney, 1:15 pm 3rd April in New York. My mother Mrs Amina Khatun (83), an ex Head Mistress of a Government High School, has been admitted in Elmhurst Hospital, NY since March 30, 2020. She was tested COVID positive. She is in life support

It's 4:15 am in Sydney, 1:15 pm 3rd April in New York. My mother Mrs Amina Khatun (83), an ex Head Mistress of a Government High School, has been admitted in Elmhurst Hospital, NY since March 30, 2020. She was tested COVID positive. She is in life support with a ventilator.

Whole night I have been praying for my mother's life. So far more than 4000 lives were lost in USA due to COVID-19, more than half in NY. This hospital cannot accommodate the dead-bodies anymore, they arranged for refrigerated semi trailers in front to shelter the bodies. When we see those in TV news, we see it from a different perspective.

Last night my wife Tumpa was awake with me till midnight. My youngest daughter Ayana is only 3.5, she cannot realise what is happening; eldest daughter Alveena (11) cried a lot last night for her grandma.

I call my mother 'Ammi'. She immigrated to the USA 10 years ago.
In NY she was living with my eldest sister Rubina's family in Queens. My brother in law Shiblee bhai is a doctor. He is the one getting daily updates from hospital and conveying to us. Anytime an ominous call can come from hospital. My elder brothers in Virginia and New Jersey are all praying to Allah for her life.

Now its 4:32 am in Sydney, 1:32 pm previous date in NY; no more calls came from hospital. If no more calls then we consider another day Ammi is alive. I know that they are running short of ventilators in the hospital; will they pull the tube from Ammi for younger patients? Please Allah, no..

7:45 am, my eldest brother calls: hospital informed that Ammi's blood's "CRP' value is stable, ventilator continues. Thanks Allah. I went to sleep.