Akanksha, a seven-year-old from Nashik, left doctors in Mumbai stunned when they discovered that she has been passing brain fluid from her nose her entire life, which was misunderstood as a cold. Due to a rare congenital defect, the brain fluid was running straight through the nose, which would have proved deadly if she had developed a brain infection. The doctors took skin from her leg to develop a vital portion, which was missing in her brain, to block the fluid.

In 2012, the family welcomed their firstborn, Akanksha, who was declared a healthy child by the doctors. But soon, she developed a runny nose. Her parents considered cold and fever as the underlying cause for it. Even after seeing several doctors, no one could actually stop it. When she turned seven, her parents brought her to Mumbai, where she was diagnosed with congenital nasal meningoencephalocele.