No medicine or ointment cured them. They were restored to health by your word, O Lord, the word which heals all humanity – Wisdom 16:12

Before Delivery

• Surgery is absolutely essential for this condition; the question is when we plan this, at birth or a little later, only 75% success rate; might need more surgeries in future. – Dr. Neville, Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon (Child heart surgery specialist), Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
• In India 50% of children born with this condition will die in a few days- Dr. Ganesh, Paediatrician (Child specialist), Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
• The child might go fully blue (Cyanosis), with breathing difficulties within minutes of birth- Dr.Meena, Paediatrician (child specialist), Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
• It is in the best interests of the child’s future, the nature and God should do a miracle, whom you should trust – Dr. Vijayan, Paediatrician and Cardiologist(Child and heart specialist), Institute of Child Health, Egmore, Chennai
• There can be associated abnormalities involving the brain, spine, eyes and ears. Some parents might decide not to resuscitate child (no life support) or give the child to orphanage or take the child home without any treatment- Dr. Madankumar, Cardiothoracic Surgeon (Heart surgery specialist), London.
• Child’s head is quite big! I haven’t seen a heart like this in my scanning experience- Dr.Saravanan, Radiologist ( Scan doctor), B.M Hospital, Chennai
• This condition is called TAPVC, which is a rare heart disease. Even if we do surgery soon after birth, it is possible at times; saving the life of the child could be difficult. It can be associated with other heart problems too – Dr. Vidhya, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
• Childs’s heart beat is irregular- Dr. Geetha, Obstetrician, B. M Hospital, Chennai
•   I haven’t seen a rare heart disease like this! The future of this child is doubtful! – Dr. Udayakumar, Genesis scans, Nungambakkam, Chennai
• . My relative’s child, who was born with only 3 pulmonary veins rather than 4, was operated 2 months after birth, which was all successful and at 2 years when we went for a re-operation, the child died. In your case it seems the child has all 4 veins being absent! The chances for survival is bleak- Dr. Sugith, Madras Medical Mission heart Institute, Chennai

. What an unfortunate parents you are? Even if we operate the child on birth, it is still possible it might need further operations at the age of 6 months, 3 and 10 years- Dr. Suma Manohar, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai

After Delivery

 The words which kept on coming again and again from all the doctors involved in treatment was

It is a Medical Miracle, the work of God’s mighty hands!!

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