article_snippet: Ever since birth, congenital heart defects meant Janshir was being slowly starved of air, much like a climber marooned at high altitude.
article_snippet: On the mend: Jansir with Jansir father Omar in London after being brought to Britain for a life-saving operation .
article_snippet: Unsurprisingly, Janshir health suffered – and his family frequently feared Janshir would die.
article_snippet: Without it, consultant cardiothoracic surgeon Martin Kostolny says, Janshir’s life would have been ‘severely limited’.
article_snippet: Aged three, Janshir was flown to France to be fitted with a stent to widen a heart opening, but the family knew that was a temporary fix.
article_snippet: As daily life became more difficult, Janshir’s health went slowly downhill.
article_snippet: All this time Mr Issa could do nothing to help Janshir, who Mr Issa desperately needed to take to Turkey to see a heart specialist.
article_snippet: Father and son then spent months in Turkey, during which Father and son visited a cardiologist who confirmed the extent of Janshir’s problems.
article_snippet: From there Janshir’s and Janshir’s father travelled to Istanbul and caught a flight to London, accompanied by a Chain of Hope of Hope doctor as there were concerns over how Janshir’s would cope on a flight to London.
article_snippet: At the moment, Janshir and his father his father are here on three-month medical visas.
article_snippet: While Janshir’s heart has been fixed, what Mr Issa life now holds –
highlights_snippet: Congenital heart defects meant Jansir was being slowly starved of air .
  