Testing for parents due to son’s heart problem after death of Hong Kong girl ‘Yu-yan’

A Hong Kong couple whose five-year-old daughter “Yu-yan” died of a rare liver disease in 2022 have endured yet another emotional ordeal, revealing that their newborn son was found to have a serious heart problem.

The father shared the experience on the couple’s public Facebook page “Yu-yan Recovery” on Sunday, a month after their son’s birth.

The couple, who did not reveal their names, learned about his heart condition four months into the pregnancy.

The couple, who underwent multiple checkups, were told the baby may need at least three major surgeries and a heart transplant to survive.

The father said the Christian couple prayed during the seventh month of pregnancy and at one point made the painful decision to terminate the pregnancy, despite doctors’ advice to continue monitoring the situation.

“We experienced Yu-yan’s fate and did not want another child to be tortured by major surgery, pain or even a medical blunder,” he wrote on the page with 22,000 followers.