"They Gave Me the Wrong Baby!"
Baby Reksa’s mother, Mah, was heartbroken when she saw her son for the first time.
“I thought, ‘This is a mistake. The doctor brought me the wrong baby!’”
Reksa was actually the second of Mah’s three children who had been born with a cleft palate.
“My mom said, ‘You already have a child with a cleft palate. Why don’t you just give this one away! You have suffered enough,’” said Mah sadly.
“When I saw by baby brother, he has no lips just like me,” said 6-year-old Sona, the middle child.
CBN had provided a free operation for Sona. Now, 6 years later, we arranged for Baby Reska to travel to a city hospital to receive his free surgery too.
“When I first saw my baby with his new lips I was so happy,” said a smiling Mah. “All my worries were gone! Reksa looks beautiful-- like an angel!”
A few weeks later, we went to check on Baby Reska and he was doing great.
“Thank you for fixing my brother’s mouth and lips!” said Sony, Reksa eldest brother.