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Heartbreaking Photos Of A 12-year-old Boy Whose Head Hangs At A 180-degree Angle by deawong(m): 11:10pm On Apr 18, 2015
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The desperate parents of a boy whose head hangs at a 180-degree angle have admitted they would rather he died than continue to suffer.

Mahendra Ahirwar, 12, from Madhya Pradesh in central India, suffers from a rare condition that makes his neck bend and his head hang from his body. His weak backbone means he can't stand or walk and is restricted to a sitting position. Mahendra can just about crawl but needs help to eat and go to the toilet.

According toDailyMail, his father Mukesh Ahirwar, 40, and mother Sumitra Ahirwar, 35, who both work as labourers when they can, say they have consulted more than 50 doctors across India but none
could diagnose his condition.

‘I cannot see him suffer anymore,' said Sumitra. 'Watching his life is devastating.

'He cannot do anything by himself. He just sits in a corner of the room all day. It's no life. I have to carry him like a baby everywhere but he is 12 years old, how will I carry him when he grows even older?

If doctors cannot treat my son it is better that God takes him.’
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Mukesh, who earns about Rs200 (£2) a day on construction sites, has borrowed money from his friends and relatives to help find medical treatment for his son.

But he said two years ago he decided to stop taking Mahendra to see any doctors, adding:

'I took him to all the hospitals that I could afford. Even India's premier hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, but after spending two weeks there doctors failed to tell us if my son could be treated.

With a broken heart we returned home and decided to raise him and try to give him as comfortable a life that we can.'

Mukesh added:

'People say bad things about him, and they often laugh at him. It really hurts us.
'We cannot tolerate people's attitudes and discrimination. They say I must have committed some terrible sins and this is why he is suffering, it’s awful.'
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Mahendra doesn't go to school so his only friends are his siblings and his cousins.

Dr Shashidhar Tatavarthy, an ear, nose and throat consultant at Delhi's Artemis Hospital, thinks Mahendra has a muscular disorder.
He said:

‘This is one of the rarest of rare cases. His condition could be due to a spine anomaly or muscular disorder, but it can only be concluded after a thorough investigation.'

Mukesh is still hoping for a miracle.

'If doctors can treat babies born with severe disabilities like two heads and give them lifesaving operations then why not my son?' he said.

I still have so many hopes and dreams for him. I want to see him go to school and play with other kids. I want to see him living a normal life and I am hoping that my wish will be fulfilled one day.'
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Re: Heartbreaking Photos Of A 12-year-old Boy Whose Head Hangs At A 180-degree Angle by Tolexander: 11:26pm On Apr 18, 2015
when will something good come from India?
Re: Heartbreaking Photos Of A 12-year-old Boy Whose Head Hangs At A 180-degree Angle by Maerie(f): 11:32pm On Apr 18, 2015
Hmmmmm. Strange things keep happening everyday.
Re: Heartbreaking Photos Of A 12-year-old Boy Whose Head Hangs At A 180-degree Angle by deawong(m): 11:54pm On Apr 18, 2015
Tolexander:
when will something good come from India?
grin grin grin soon
Re: Heartbreaking Photos Of A 12-year-old Boy Whose Head Hangs At A 180-degree Angle by jamex93(m): 11:58pm On Apr 18, 2015
end time things
Re: Heartbreaking Photos Of A 12-year-old Boy Whose Head Hangs At A 180-degree Angle by Sommyangel(f): 12:05am On Apr 19, 2015
Nawa oooo.. Hope the woman ain't contemplating mercy killing
Re: Heartbreaking Photos Of A 12-year-old Boy Whose Head Hangs At A 180-degree Angle by enoqueen: 12:05am On Apr 19, 2015
Indian

Them no fit link am to any of their gods, no be so them de talk.
Re: Heartbreaking Photos Of A 12-year-old Boy Whose Head Hangs At A 180-degree Angle by ginawest(f): 12:22am On Apr 19, 2015
oh God!!I cudnt help buh cry...its so painful..to his parents, pls don't lose hope..believe in God because he Neva sleeps..
Re: Heartbreaking Photos Of A 12-year-old Boy Whose Head Hangs At A 180-degree Angle by lovely17(m): 12:52am On Apr 19, 2015
why are all this kind of children given birth to by the poor? don't the rich also have these kind of kids
Re: Heartbreaking Photos Of A 12-year-old Boy Whose Head Hangs At A 180-degree Angle by Yasher: 12:53am On Apr 19, 2015
But why always India
Re: Heartbreaking Photos Of A 12-year-old Boy Whose Head Hangs At A 180-degree Angle by BlissB(f): 1:35am On Apr 19, 2015
God na wa o.....feeling sad for the parents but i almost threw away my fone wen i saw d pix......ona wen day normal i hope u ve seen sumtin 2 thk God abt
Re: Heartbreaking Photos Of A 12-year-old Boy Whose Head Hangs At A 180-degree Angle by khassy(m): 2:57am On Apr 19, 2015
India always in the news for abnormal Tins

useless place
Re: Heartbreaking Photos Of A 12-year-old Boy Whose Head Hangs At A 180-degree Angle by 7footre(m): 5:36am On Apr 19, 2015
It's always either India or china!.... dem better bring 2 goats make we appease the gods..... as for the young man and his parents God help them both
Re: Heartbreaking Photos Of A 12-year-old Boy Whose Head Hangs At A 180-degree Angle by raziboi(m): 6:12am On Apr 19, 2015
TANK GOD FOR MA LIFE

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Re: Heartbreaking Photos Of A 12-year-old Boy Whose Head Hangs At A 180-degree Angle by Yustash001(m): 7:36am On Apr 19, 2015
Subhana lahi....
Re: Heartbreaking Photos Of A 12-year-old Boy Whose Head Hangs At A 180-degree Angle by SELENAqueensy(f): 7:52am On Apr 19, 2015
Thank you Jesus for creating me this way
I promise never to complain again
I finally agree that am Fortunate


This pics brought tear to my eyes cry
Re: Heartbreaking Photos Of A 12-year-old Boy Whose Head Hangs At A 180-degree Angle by kramer: 8:23am On Apr 19, 2015
We hear about the most random things from India .. there must be a reason why
Re: Heartbreaking Photos Of A 12-year-old Boy Whose Head Hangs At A 180-degree Angle by Nobody: 9:20am On Apr 19, 2015
God have mercy on him.

Take him or heal him
Re: Heartbreaking Photos Of A 12-year-old Boy Whose Head Hangs At A 180-degree Angle by ugoboss26(m): 10:53am On Apr 19, 2015
There is God...There is always hope somewhere...This is God's creation, not some mistake...He is either a blessing or a lesson... He is Gonna be okay #believe#
Re: Heartbreaking Photos Of A 12-year-old Boy Whose Head Hangs At A 180-degree Angle by deawong(m): 11:13am On Apr 19, 2015
enoqueen:
Indian

Them no fit link am to any of their gods, no be so them de talk.
which god there is only one GOD
Re: Heartbreaking Photos Of A 12-year-old Boy Whose Head Hangs At A 180-degree Angle by Lilyomi(f): 1:13pm On Apr 19, 2015
Only God can help.

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