In a village near Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh, lived a couple whose lives had been shaped by patience, longing and unshakeable faith.
For 26 years, Mrs. Shashi and Mr. Rekhpal Singh prayed for the sound of a child in their home. Year after year, their hope dimmed, but it never disappeared.
When nature gave them no answers, they turned to IVF—their final attempt at completing the family they dreamed of for more than two decades.
And then, a miracle happened.
After 26 long years, Shashi conceived twins. For the first time, their home felt alive with joy. They whispered to their unborn babies, held onto every moment of pregnancy with gratitude, and imagined a future they had waited half a lifetime to experience.
But life had a cruel test awaiting them.
On 5 November 2025, Shashi went into sudden preterm labour at just 26 weeks of pregnancy. The twins were born extremely premature, fragile, and struggling to breathe. Within hours, tragedy struck.
Their baby girl could not survive.
A mother who had waited 26 years held loss in her arms once again. Words cannot describe her pain.
Their remaining twin—a tiny baby boy weighing just 830 grams—became their only hope, their only prayer, their entire world.
He was referred on 7 November 2025 to Neoclinic Children Hospital, Jaipur, where he remains in the NICU, fighting for life every minute. He is currently on ventilator support and is battling:
Extreme Prematurity
Extreme Low Birth Weight (830gms)
Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Sepsis
Resolving Grade-2 IVH (bleeding in the brain)
Severe Anemia
Every hour is a struggle. Every breath requires support. For this baby, survival is not guaranteed—it is earned, one fragile moment at a time.
Doctors have advised 5 to 6 more weeks of NICU care, ventilator support, critical medicines and round-the-clock monitoring. The estimated medical cost is over ?7,00,000.
For the baby, this treatment is life.
For the parents, this amount is impossible.
Mr. Rekhpal Singh, a small farmer, has already mortgaged his land to pay for IVF and emergency treatment. He has taken loans far beyond his means. A man who spent 26 years dreaming of being a father now stands in hospitals, helpless, broken and buried in debt.
Still, he refuses to give up.
Because this baby is not just a child.
He represents 26 years of prayers,
26 years of tears,
26 years of unwavering hope.
Today, Shashi is grieving her baby girl while clinging to the incubator where her tiny son fights for life. The couple has lost one child. They cannot bear to lose their only surviving baby.
They are not asking for luxury.
They are asking for a chance—a chance for their miracle baby to live.
