Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu recently shared the inspiring journey of her daughter, Devi, who was born with a congenital heart condition. As per reports in Indian Express, the doting mother opened up about the challenges they faced when they discovered that Devi had two holes in her heart, requiring critical surgery.

Bipasha, in an interaction with actor Neha Dhupia on Instagram Live said, “Our journey has been very different from any normal mother-father, it has been a lot tougher than the smile that I have on my face right now. I would not wish this to happen to any mother. For a new mother, when you get to know that…I got to know on the third day of my having a baby that our baby is born with two holes in her heart. I thought I’ll not share this, but I’m sharing this because I feel that there are a lot of mothers, who helped me in this journey, and it was very difficult to find those mothers… ”

Further, Bipasha shared how she prepared herself for the surgery while expressing that Karan was not initially ready. “The first five months have been very difficult for us. But Devi has been fabulous from day one. We were told that every month, we have to do a scan to know if it’s healing on its own. But with the kind of large hole that she had, we were told that it was doubtful, you will have to go through surgery. And the surgery is best done, when the child is three-months-old.”

She further added, “I remember the third month when we went for the scan, I pretty much did all the research, met surgeons, had been to hospitals, spoken to doctors, and I was kind of ready, Karan was not ready. I knew that she had to be okay and I knew that she will be okay. And she is okay now. But the tough decision was to get your child operated at the right place and at the right time.”

Bipasha also told Neha that Devi was in surgery for six hours, adding, that she “didn’t sleep for 40 days and 40 nights. I am not lying. I swear on God”.