My mother often tells me that I am a born beauty. She says that I had a fair skin and the brightest smile as a kid. As I grew, my skin complexion gradually started to change into something bluish and dark. My mom started noticing that I had ceased to grow in height and health in comparison to other kids my age. I had a tiny structure and couldn’t digest my food. I would fall ill most often and whenever I cried my body used to turn blue. Most of the time, I was short of breath.
This worried my mom for a long time before she decided to see a doctor and discuss my case. The doctors concluded that I was born with a heart disease. However, they couldn’t confirm my disease for want of adequate technologies.
I was in the ninth standard when my health started deteriorating. One of the doctors from Teaching Hospital recommended a heart surgery to keep me breathing and that is when my family decided to consult a renowned heart surgeon. We went to Shahid Gangalal Hospital and an angiography revealed that I had a hole in my heart.
The doctors fixed a date for my surgery, which would close the hole in my heart. But, later we learned that the TOF had brought about other complications as well. The bluish skin and hole in my heart were only a few of my problems now. The doctors then said the surgery would not be of much help.As we decided not to continue with the surgery, I have been living with my heart disease ever since. I was born with it and my pains could never be cured.