The California couple at the center of a three-state surrogacy fight told a Dallas courtroom on Tuesday that their newborn son has struggled since his first heart operation, testifying that he is having trouble breathing and has received a blood transfusion. Dallas County District Judge Ashley Wysocki heard testimony from the child's genetic mother and from the surrogate who gave birth to him, then extended for 14 days the temporary restraining order that bars the surrogate from seeing the child or making medical decisions for him. She is expected to rule within about two weeks, KERA News reported.
Nausheen Gilkar, 43, testifying publicly about the case for the first time, said she and her husband Omar Ahmed agreed to the operation as soon as they learned their son was a candidate for it, and that they are committed to the further surgeries he will need. "He's the love of our lives," she said of the baby.
