• A ventricular septal defect was detected before 9-months-old Ahana was even born.
  • As the condition was treatable, her parents went on with the delivery.
  • But it was found out later that there were even more complications due to coarctation of the aorta (C.O.A).
  • It is a cardiac defect in which the aorta is narrower than usual affecting the blood flow in the body leading to PAH.
  • Thereafter, 14 day old baby Ahana was kept on ventilator for a month.
  • Although a balloon dilation of aorta was performed, her condition deteriorated due to infections she caught in the hospital.
  • A medical management was attempted to cure the sepsis but was futile.
  • As surgery was complicated and involved high risks her parents could not find a proper hospital where her treatment could be done.
  • Director of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Department at Jaypee Hospital in Noida, Dr. Rajesh Sharma and his team finally performed a VSD closure and Aortic Arch Repair to save the baby.
  • The six hour long surgery proved to be successful but the weakened condition of Ahana made the doctors to keep her on ventilator and a tracheostomy was performed.
  • It is on the 35th day post surgery that little Ahana was taken out of the ICU and is now ready to be discharged from the hospital.

 

Source: Jaypee Hospital, Media Update