Baby at center of controversial surrogacy dispute undergoes first surgery for rare heart defect
- A newborn boy at the center of a high-profile custody dispute between his biological parents and their surrogate mother underwent the first of three scheduled open-heart surgeries on Monday, according to legal representatives for the parties.
- The child, named Rumi by his parents, was born August 12 in Texas with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a rare congenital defect in which the left side of the heart fails to develop properly.
- Without intervention, the condition stops normal blood flow and can cause death within days or weeks, according to data from the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
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- A newborn boy at the center of a high-profile custody dispute between his biological parents and their surrogate mother underwent the first of three scheduled open-heart surgeries on Monday, according to legal representatives for the parties.
- The child, named Rumi by his parents, was born August 12 in Texas with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a rare congenital defect in which the left side of the heart fails to develop properly.
- Without intervention, the condition stops normal blood flow and can cause death within days or weeks, according to data from the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
Sources: The Independent