“Mani Krishnan cannot eat even a morsel of food because of chest pain. He tells me, ‘Appa, I am feeling very hungry but cannot swallow, it hurts a lot’. We are relieved when he manages to eat half an idli or a small piece of dosa because there are days when he eats absolutely nothing. He has two holes in his heart that are growing and causing him to slowly starve to death” - Rathnavel, father of 10-year-old Mani Krishnan.Mani Krishnan’s parents believed that a single surgery would solve their son’s heart problems forever, but they were wrongWhen Mani Krishnan was born, his mother, Anusiya, noticed that his face, hands and legs had a bluish tinge. He was also having trouble breathing; the doctors found that the vessels in his heart’s lower chambers were reversed which was causing less oxygen flow in his body. His parents were told that if a surgery is no performed before he turns 3, his life would be in danger.“When the doctors told us that his life was at stake, my hu
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