“Each day I hope that Viha will come, talk to me, hug me and tell me to go shopping, chat with me like a normal kid, hope makes you go on, hope is life”, says Sejal Shah as her eyes twinkle talking about the moments she hopes to spend with her 23-year-old daughter Viha, someday.

Sejal considers Viha to have the heart of a fighter. Sejal was pregnant with twins but due to complications in pregnancy, she lost Viha’s twin, but Viha survived. Viha as a baby had to be put in the ICU for 100 days due to premature birth. The loss in her vision due to retinal detachment was diagnosed soon after.