- 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