Confirmed Diagnoses

• Late Preterm Birth (34–36 weeks) — born in the final weeks before term, when the lungs and other organs appear developed but have not yet completed their maturation. Late preterm babies are at significantly higher risk for respiratory complications than full-term babies.

• Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) — insufficient surfactant production in the lungs causes the air sacs to collapse between breaths, making breathing increasingly difficult or impossible without support. One dose of surfactant has been administered directly into the lungs.

• Shock — a dangerous collapse of circulatory function in which blood pressure drops and vital organs begin to receive insufficient blood supply. This required immediate and intensive medical intervention at the time of admission.

Current Treatment Requirements

• Mechanical ventilation — the baby cannot breathe independently; the ventilator is doing the work of breathing around the clock

• Surfactant therapy — one dose administered; ongoing assessment to determine if further doses are required

• Circulatory support — management of shock with inotropic medications to stabilise heart function and blood pressure

• Continuous NICU monitoring — oxygen levels, heart rate, blood pressure, and all vital signs tracked every hour

• Parenteral nutrition — nutrients delivered intravenously as the gut is not yet ready for feeding

• Infection prevention and surveillance — antibiotics and regular blood monitoring to protect a vulnerable immune system

  Estimated Cost of Treatment NICU Treatment (15–18 days) : ₹1,70,000

  Medicines : ₹50,000

  Total Estimated Cost : ₹2,20,000/- (Two Lakh Twenty Thousand Only)

  
  

  Why This Is Critical

  Late preterm babies are often underestimated because their size and appearance can resemble full-term newborns. But their lungs, brain, liver, and immune system are all in the final stages of development — stages that can only complete with time and, in cases like this one, intensive medical support.

  The combination of RDS and shock at birth means this baby's body faced two life-threatening crises simultaneously in his first hours of life. The ventilator is keeping him alive. The surfactant is helping his lungs. The intensive care team is managing his circulatory recovery. But all of this requires 15 to 18 days of uninterrupted NICU care — and every day costs money this family does not have.

  He is not asking for a miracle. He is asking for 15 to 18 days of uninterrupted intensive care — the time his lungs need to mature, the time his circulation needs to stabilise, the time every late preterm baby needs before the world outside the NICU becomes survivable.

  Jaypal goes to the MIDC factory. Swapnali stays close to the hospital. The joint family at home in Yadrav holds its breath and waits for news.

  Your support — whatever you can give — goes directly toward the ventilator keeping him breathing, the medicines managing his circulation, and the 15 to 18 days of expert care that stand between this baby and going home.

  He needs 15 to 18 days. His family needs ₹2,20,000. They cannot do this without you.