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Boy was born with 180-degree bent neck; ‘but after getting life-changing surgery, something devastating happened’!

According to his parents, the 13-year-old boy Mahendra was born with a rare condition, congenital myopathy, which means that the muscles in his neck were so weak that his head hung at a 180-degree angle.

His every waking moment was agony and he was entirely dependent on his family and friends for care. Mahendra’s struggles were so great that his parents actually wished for his death as a way to end his suffering.

Instead, a revolutionary new surgery has been performed that has everyone, especially Mahendra, seeing the world from a new angle. From an early age, it was clear Mahendra had problems. His parents, Mukesh and Sumitra, took their son to over fifty doctors throughout India. Read the full story here ▶