Imagine having to watch a common cold turning into a violent pneumonia in your 3 year old child and having to see him/her go under the ventilator for nearly a month.
Imagine the relief having him/her back intact after the ordeal!
This case report depicts one such incident that is best described as one of the heartening triumphs of modern medicine that is perhaps happening daily around the globe but often goes unsung.
The authors Sarkar et al have painstakingly documented the entire illness trajectory of a child with H1N1 flu who went through the above mentioned life threatening challenge and we are sure this will be useful to health professionals and even patient relatives battling similar illnesses globally.
Rakesh Biswas
Deputy Editor