Allah knows what every female bears, and that of which the wombs fall short of completion and that which they grow. And everything with Allah has a measure. Holy Qur’an Surah 3:8
I decided to share our story because it is an extraordinary one that my son had overcome and I wanted to share our experience with family and friends but mostly with families new to the Congenital Heart Defect Community. To offer hope, be an inspiration, and be a living testament of what Allah will allow us to go through and with nothing but belief and faith in Him, He will allow us to come out of it successfully.
On August 28, 2006 my son, Qadar, was born with a congenital (present at birth) heart defect called Hypo-Plastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS). HLHS “is a congenital birth defect that affects the left side of the heart. HLHS is a condition in which the left side of the heart, which pumps blood to the body, fails to develop properly. It is the most common fatal congenital heart disease in newborns; without treatment greater than 95% die before one month of age. Most babies die by ten days of age if the conditio