The Miracle After the Miracle

by Zinta Aistars



Ashley Ruhlig shares how she beat the odds, had a baby, and survived serious complications from her congenital heart defect.


Ashley and her familyWhen Ashley Ruhlig was born, she was diagnosed with tricuspid atresia, a congenital heart defect in which the tricuspid valve between the heart’s two chambers isn’t properly formed.Blood is not able to flow freely between the heart and the lungs with this condition, so the lungs are not able to supply the body with the oxygen it...