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Aaliyah Rugg & Alahna Kindred

Parents' joy as baby opens her eyes after 10 days in intensive care following heart op

Parents have shared their joy after their baby opened her eyes after spending 10 days in intensive care.

When Olena Veitaite was five months pregnant she and partner Michael Gapski were told their daughter would need surgery to repair her heart after she was diagnosed with a cardiac condition - an atrioventricular septal defect.

Pola was born in June 2021 with Down's syndrome and a hole in her heart.

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