article_snippet: A baby who only has half a heart has defied the odds after suffering a stroke and battling through four open heart surgeries.
article_snippet: But made a miraculous recovery and recently had his feeding tube removed for the first time.
article_snippet: Most babies with the condition appear healthy immediately after birth but quickly become breathless if not treated.
article_snippet: Most are diagnosed before birth.
article_snippet: It is not possible to cure the condition but most children can have a reasonable quality of life if most children have successful surgery to manage it.
article_snippet: Only about 60 per cent of patients survive all three of the required operations.
article_snippet: For those who do, life expectancy is in the teens.
article_snippet: Source: Great Ormond Street Hospital and the British Heart Foundation .