“We have spent the last five years in constant fear. Sending him to school or even out to play – how would we get to him if something happened?” explains Jagadeesh's father Raju.Jagadeesh was diagnosed with two holes in his heart just two days after his birth. His parents were asked to wait for a few years to see if the holes closed on their own. Jagadeesh is now 5-years-old and is starting to understand that what scares his father more than anything else is the sickness in his chest.Heart disease has cast a shadow on a happy childTo watch their child in pain is not easy for any parent. Raju and his wife Renuka have lived for years with the fact that their child may become fatally sick any time. The holes in Jagadeesh's heart mean that they need to pump blood with more force – flooding his lungs with blood often causing deadly infections.“Jagadeesh is too young to ask us why he can't run or play like the others. He only knows that he needs to sleep more than his friends and
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