Heartbreaking picture shows dying two-year-old waiting for transplant

Adalynn was just two years old when she passed away while waiting for a heart transplant.

The toddler was born with a congenital heart defect (CHD). Doctors installed a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) — a mechanical pump implanted inside a person's chest that helps a weakened heart pump blood - to assist her. However, young Adalynn experienced complications from the LVAD which, in turn, led to a blood clot.

She was left brain damaged and ineligible for a heart transplant, reports Popsugar.

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Now, photographer Suha Dabit, who is mum to a daughter who had a heart transplant and founder of Facebook page World Of Broken Hearts, has shared an incredibly heartbreaking shot of the little girl in her last moments.

Adalynn is cradled by her parents, Justin and Kristi, and her three siblings as they take in the tragic reality of what is happening.

Sharing the pictures on Facebook, Dabit wrote: “There aren't any words to describe the pain and love I witnessed. CHD claims so many lives, too many lives. It tears families apart and forces siblings to grow up way too fast. It changes you in every aspect of your life, and to the very core of our heart and soul”

She told Popsugar: "I felt Kristi's unconditional love for Addy and the excruciating pain. It was hard, I could barely hold it together. I left with a piece of my heart missing. I wish no family would ever have to go through this, but it happens, every day. Although I knew it would be extremely hard to take these images, I knew that these would be their last memories of her captured."

Her original Facebook post has been “liked” over 7,000 times, with wellwishers rushing to share their love for the family and offer condolences.

"I know they [Adalynn’s family] will hate and love looking at these images forever," Suha said

“This is CHD. These pictures are as raw and real as it comes. We need a cure. We need research funding."

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