“Aai(mother), she shouted while playing outside and we saw our little girl lying on the ground unconscious. We thought it might have happened normally. But her blackouts became a frequent nightmare. Her health started to deteriorate. Her nails started to turn blue. She gasped for breath every single time when she ran towards us. We took her to the nearby hospital for checkup only to find that our fear turned into a reality. She had a hole in her heart. Pain is still a normal word for a mother who sees her daughter daily in such a terrible condition fighting for her life. She was full of life and gave us all the happiness when she was born but now she is constantly in bed, surviving on medicines, fighting the pain all by herself.”

- Varsha; mother of 2-year-old Pallavi