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. Read the full story here ▶
