Shaon, 13 months 2 days old boy was born in a rural village of Sylhet, Bangladesh. 300 miles away from the town. His teenage mother was  shocked and traumatized  when she first saw the bays face. His father, a 28 years old  very simple man who mainly looks after his parents cattle and small scale agriculture work. Shaons mother has seen many baby’s born in her village but not like her own child. A gap in the lip and palate, made her wonder what these miracles were. The baby was crying and crying relentlessly , struggle of his life and his mums harsh reality begun here. One morning, 4 days after his birth when his mum was trying to feed  milk he chocked and  became blue. The local quake visit the home as an emergency and advised rightfully to transfer the child to nearest hospital in town. The paediatrician attending the shift made the diagnosis of cleft lips and palates. Sahon was admitted for few days and received treatments for aspiration pneumonia and had NG tube feed. The NG tube fell out few days after but his mum adopted a mechanism how  to feed safely, though he had few episodes of chest infection which was managed by a local quack. After 13 months , the grand parent saved some money and decided to take shaon to Dhaka , capital city to visit a surgeon who was doing cleft lip surgeries free of cost. The surgeon saw shaon and advised to get his hear checked. Waiting for 2 […]