Scots mum opens up on brave tot's fight for life in battle against heart disease
daughter's fight for life after the tot had to undergo heart surgery at just a few weeks old.Little Aria diagnosed with a heart disease and a hole in her heart after being born five weeks premature via emergency c-section in March 2018. Doctors immediately become worried for the youngster when she was born a "dusky grey".Marianne Pickering, from Inverness, hadn't even been able to hold her baby before she was rushed to Glasgow by helicopter for treatment.The mum told how she was left 'sobbing and crying' in her hospital bed as she was unable to go with her daughter while recovering from major surgery.Mariane said: "Within minutes of being born it was clear something was wrong.