Case Summary

Sidhi is 1.5 years old suffering from PDA.Patent ductus arteriosus is a condition wherein the ductus arteriosus fails to close after birth.
Early symptoms are uncommon, but in the first year of life include increased ‘work of breathing’ and poor weight gain. An uncorrected PDA may lead to congestive heart failure with increasing age.
The ductus arteriosus is a fetal blood vessel that closes soon after birth. In a PDA, the vessel does not close and remains “patent” (open), resulting in irregular transmission of blood between the aorta and the pulmonary artery. PDA is common in newborns with persistent respiratory problems such as hypoxia and has a high occurrence in premature newborns. Premature newborns are more likely to be hypoxic and have PDA due to underdevelopment of the heart and lungs.
A PDA allows a portion of the oxygenated blood from the left heart to flow back to the lungs by flowing from the aorta (which has higher pressure) to the pulmonary artery. If this shunt is substantial, the neonate becomes short of breath: the additional fluid returning to the lungs increases lung pressure, which in turn increases the energy required to inflate the lungs. This uses more calories than normal and often interferes with feeding in infancy. This condition, as a constellation of findings, is called congestive heart failure.

Although Sighi’s problem can be fixed by a simple surgery of PDA and she can live a normal life but unfortunately, her family is quite poor as her father is a labour and can earn only up to 5000/- ($76.95) a month which is very hard for her family to afford this expense so that’s why we are helping her. so please pray and donate to her

family background
Total member- 4
Total cost of the surgery-33600/- ($517.10)
Family can only afford- 13600/- ($209.30)
Funds Required-20000/- ($307.80)