Baby born with half a heart survives despite going 4 months without treatment

A baby girl born with half a heart survived despite the fact her life-threatening condition was not diagnosed until she reached four months old.
Scarlett Dougan was born with rare Hypoplastic Right Heart Syndrome (HRHS) - where the right side of the heart is underdeveloped - meaning her body was unable to pump enough blood to her lungs.
Few of the 600 babies diagnosed with the condition every year survive, with many dying within days of birth.
But fighter Scarlett, from Glasgow, is beating the odds despite the delay in detecting her condition.
Doctors told Nichola her daughter had overcome all the odds to make it so far without treatment.
'It was unbelievable,' said Nichola.
'The doctors can't really believe how a child can get to four and a half months with that condition.
'Normally Scarlett's condition would be picked up at the 22-week scan. In the days before scans the babies would go home and just succumb to the condition.'
Baby Scarlett has since come through two major heart operations during which doctors spent hours rerouting major arteries directly to her lungs to improve her flow of oxygen.
'She's never going to be an athlete,' her mum said.
Nichola, with help from Scarlett's dad Peter, 30, and her family, has organised a charity ball in Scarlett's name to raise money for Yorkhill Hospital.
She is hoping the ball, which aims to raise thousands for new equipment at the hospital, will become an annual event, The Daily Mail reports.