In Memory of Kiran Briggs Ramanathan (2005-2009)
We set up this site in memory of our wonderful son Kiran, who died on January 14, 2009. Kiran was a happy three and a half year old, enrolled in the early childhood preschool program in the Newton, Massachusetts school system at the time of his death. He caught the flu on a Friday night and died a few days later following an opportunistic infection that led to bacterial pneumonia and sepsis.
Kiran is a Sanskrit name that means "ray of light" and his life truly embodied that idea. He was a happy, funny and silly boy who was full of love and wonder at his world. Kiran lived with a number of complex medical challenges - the most significant of which was a floppy airway that required him to breathe through a tracheostomy. He personified perseverance - once he decided he was going to do something, he would work at it with a will. He had a wicked sense of humor and found a way to make people laugh and look past his medical issues.
- Tricia and Sekhar
Kiran is a Sanskrit name that means "ray of light" and his life truly embodied that idea. He was a happy, funny and silly boy who was full of love and wonder at his world. Kiran lived with a number of complex medical challenges - the most significant of which was a floppy airway that required him to breathe through a tracheostomy. He personified perseverance - once he decided he was going to do something, he would work at it with a will. He had a wicked sense of humor and found a way to make people laugh and look past his medical issues.
- Tricia and Sekhar
Not to transmit an experience is to betray it - Elie Wiesel