Suffering from a fatal liver ailment - biliary atresia - a condition in which the bile ducts of the liver (responsible for draining the bile produced in the liver into the intestinal tract for digestion) are under-developed, this toddler has finally defeated an imminent death.

“His father donated a portion of his liver to his son. It was a very complicated and long surgery because his organs are too small in size and we had to be very careful, with all the other organs, especially the veins and the nerves,” said Subhash Gupta, consultant, liver transplant, Apollo Hospital, who conducted this 12 hour long surgery.

“Moreover, he had undergone a surgery just one or two months ago which added to complications,” Gupta added.

Admitted to the Apollo hospital in Delhi in August, Sivojit is now ready to return to his hometown Kolkata after undergoing a liver transplant.

“On the second day of his birth, he was detected with jaundice. As it was common with every other child, we followed the usual treatment procedure and within a few days he was back home,” said Mun Mun Paul, Sivojit’s mother, who is an advocate at Kolkata High Court.

“After a few days I saw that his eyes had turned yellow.

We took him to the doctor and they told us that his bilirubin had gone up considerably and Sivojit needed to be operated upon,” recalls Mun Mun.

A Kasai operation (an operation to join liver to the intestines) was performed on Sivojit in Kolkata. However, post surgery his condition kept deteriorating with rising bilirubin and convulsions.

“There was a leakage in the operated area. Blood was coming out. His bilirubin was 42 when we brought him here to Apollo hospital in Delhi,” Indrajit, Sivojit’s father, who is also an advocate at the Kolkata High Court said.

The Pauls had heard of the successful liver transplant of a one-year-old Pakistani boy Sheheryar at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital so they brought Sivojit to Delhi.

“He was in very bad shape when we decided to operate upon him,” said Gupta.

He was discharged from the hospital two weeks ago and tomorrow he will go back home to Kolkata.