Nong Piyawat Phanthong, 1 year and 2 months old, is the son of Mom Suriphan Phanthong. He has a congenital heart disease, cyanosis type, with symptoms of easy fatigue. When tired, his body turns cyanotic, and his mouth turns cyanotic. The doctor examined his symptoms and informed him that he needs to undergo surgery to connect blood vessels and repair a leaky heart valve. His mother was very worried because she had to bring him to Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok for surgery. There were also costs for surgery, travel, accommodation, food, and medicine because he lives in Sisaket and is a single mother who has to raise her child and work alone. However, the doctor informed him that the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Foundation would help cover the excess expenses that he would not be able to claim. The doctor discussed the risks of surgery with him, saying that it was about 30%, but for his heart, even a 30% risk was already very high. This made his mother think very hard about whether or not to have surgery. At first, his mother thought she would not undergo surgery because she felt sorry for him. He was still young and needed surgery, and he was in pain. However, after thinking it over again, if she did not let him have surgery to save his life, his condition would only get worse. When the mother noticed that the child was running around, but the child could only sit and watch their friends play. After playing with their friends for a short while, the child would get tired, short of breath, and have to sit down and rest. The mother saw her child like this every day, so she decided to let her child undergo surgery this time.

Not long after, the child got an appointment for surgery. On the day of the surgery, the mother took the child to the operating room and waited outside the operating room, not daring to go anywhere. After the surgery, the child had to go to the ICU to rest. The child had a rapid heart rate, vomiting, and could not drink water or milk. The doctor gave him medication to control the heart rate to make it normal and gave him medication to stop vomiting. The child cried all the time. The mother felt very sorry for the child and was afraid that something would happen to the child. But the doctor said that it was a side effect of the medication and the child was safe. The doctor adjusted the medication, making the child’s condition gradually better. He could eat and drink milk, but he urinated less. An X-ray showed that the child had a lot of fluid in his lungs, so they had to insert a tube to drain the fluid in his lungs to reduce the amount. After that, the child’s condition gradually improved until he was able to leave the ICU.

After the surgery, the child’s condition gradually improved until he was able to go home to continue his recovery. After this, the mother still has to bring the child for regular follow-up check-ups because the child still needs treatment for congenital heart disease in the next step.