{"id":210534,"date":"2019-09-15T16:41:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T21:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=210534"},"modified":"2019-09-14T22:09:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T03:09:24","slug":"doctors-abortion-die-feisty-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/doctors-abortion-die-feisty-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctors said she would die in the womb. Now she&#8217;s a &#8216;feisty and strong little girl.&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p style=\"text-align: left;\">A girl born with a rare \u201cmirror heart\u201d continues to astonish doctors. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/liverpool-news\/miracle-baby-girl-born-rare-16842036\">Liverpool Echo<\/a>, Riziah Moazzeny\u2019s family was told she would not live to birth due to health complications identified in the womb, but today she is three.<\/p>\n<p>Riziah\u2019s parents, Naomi and Farzam, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/liverpool-news\/miracle-baby-girl-born-rare-16842036\">Echo<\/a> that they discovered concerning issues at ultrasounds throughout pregnancy. Naomi said, \u201cWhen I went for my 12 week scan I was told our babies [<em>sic<\/em>] life would end while I was pregnant.\u201d The couple was told they could end their child\u2019s life in abortion, but they refused. Naomi explained, \u201c[W]e told doctors that this had been our baby since we saw that blue line and there was not a chance we were terminating this pregnancy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D10153364998336985%26set%3Da.442127251984%26type%3D3&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"503\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As the pregnancy progressed, they received more concerning news at each ultrasound, ultimately leading to the identification of Heterotaxy Syndrome, a rare condition that affects the development of internal organs, and, in Riziah\u2019s case, resulted in a \u201cmirror heart.\u201d\u00a0 Instead of a fully functioning heart, Riziah had two left sides of her heart in mirror image.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer heartbeat was half of what it should have been,&#8221; said her mother.\u00a0\u201cShe needed to be over 2kg when born to be able to have heart surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:<em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/nicu-miracle-baby-13-weeks-early-thriving\/\">NICU miracle baby born 13 weeks early is now over a year old and thriving<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D10153624558806985%26set%3Da.10150687571701985%26type%3D3&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"484\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Riziah was born at 37 weeks weighing five pounds, 13 ounces, and underwent life-saving heart surgery at nine days old. She will undergo open-heart surgery in the future and continues to suffer the effects of her rare condition not only in her heart but also in her liver, bowel, and spleen.<\/p>\n<p>Now three years old, Riziah continues to surprise her parents, brother, and medical team with her strength throughout frequent hospitalizations, and her name has proven to be a perfect fit.\u00a0 Her mother explained, \u201cWhen I was pregnant, we didn&#8217;t know if we were having a boy or a girl as we wanted it to be a surprise. But we would call my bump &#8216;baby Rizzi&#8217; after the word resilient and decided to make up a name to reflect that.\u201d Riziah continues to be a remarkably resilient, and joyful, girl.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D10156290985081985%26set%3Da.10156290972701985%26type%3D3&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"502\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Naomi said, \u201cShe is the most happy and sweet little girl you will ever meet. When people meet her and they find out all she has been through and all that\u2019s going on inside her they are gobsmacked. She doesn\u2019t let anything stop her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on her daughter who has beaten such incredible odds already in her short life, Naomi said, \u201cShe is such a sassy, feisty and strong little girl.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stories like Riziah\u2019s, and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pregnant-olympic-medalist-doctors-future-preborn\/\">so many others<\/a>, show that doctors often cannot predict the course a human life will take and complex medical challenges do not justify intentionally ending a life through abortion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A girl born with a rare \u201cmirror heart\u201d continues to astonish doctors. According to the Liverpool Echo, Riziah Moazzeny\u2019s family was told she would not live to birth due to health complications identified in the womb, but today she is three. Riziah\u2019s parents, Naomi and Farzam, told the Echo that they discovered concerning issues at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":459,"featured_media":210675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[9455,3473],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Doctors advised abortion, said she would die in the womb. Now she&#039;s a &#039;feisty and strong little girl.&#039;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Doctors told Riziah&#039;s parents that she would die before birth and suggested abortion. 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