Shortly after Ruach Combrink was born he was diagnosed with a rare heart defect called hypoplastic right heart syndrome. (PHOTO: Supplied)
Little Ruach Combrink isn't yet six months old, but he's already spent most of his life in hospital.
He was diagnosed with a rare congenital heart defect, hypoplastic right heart syndrome, shortly after his birth in December 2023, and he's only been at home for a month and a half since his birth.
The syndrome means that the right side of his heart has not developed properly.
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