Shudeep Chandrasekhar

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“She Was Always There” by Shudeep Chandrasekhar

Submitted to Contest #48

This is not the story of a superhero; nor is it a tale of valor and bravery. It is the story of a woman who wouldn't think twice about sucking snot out of a choking baby's nostrils with her mouth every though the child was not her own. Her name is Suganthi, and I was that baby. The Day I Nearly Died On September 2, 1975, I had congestion in my upper respiratory system. I was exactly two months old and already diagnosed with infantile asthma. Two days before, I had caught a cold and the phlegm was building up. My mother wanted to take me ...

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