Little Juan Rivera Jr.'s mom was hoping that doctors in Houston would be able to help her son, who had a rare heart defect.
Juan Manuel Rivera Jr.'s mom temporarily moved to Houston to seek help for her unborn child with half a heart. Little Juan, however, didn't make it.ABC13 first told you about Alexis Rivera, who moved to Houston temporarily to have her baby at Texas Children's Hospital.
At the time, her unborn child, Juan Manuel Rivera Jr., was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome in the womb.Corpus Christi mother hopes Houston hospital can help her unborn baby who has a half a heartJuan Jr. was born in early April, but after about a week, Alexis said that doctors at Texas Children's Hospital determined surgery was not an option. They said his little heart was too complex and he would suffer more with surgery.
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