A one-in-a-million baby girl has defied 'all the odds' to survive after she was born with her organs all the wrong way round.

Ria Moreno has a rare condition, called situs inversus, which means her major organs are mirrored from their normal positions.

Doctors also discovered she had three congenital heart disease when she was born - and she needed a stent fitting when she was just seven days old. 

However, the stent failed just months later and her parents Amelia and Julian - who had been trying to conceive for five years - were told she was 'going to die'.

But, now nine months old, Ria, who is living in London with her family, has pulled through and is continuing to defy the odds.   




Ria Moreno has a rare condition, called situs inversus, which means her major organs were mirrored from their normal positions





Doctors also discovered she had congenital heart disease when she was born - and she needed a stent fitting when she was just seven days old (pictured recently)





However, the stent failed just months later and her parents Amelia and Julian - who had been trying to conceive for five years - were told she was 'going to die' (pictured in hospital)

Ms Moreno, said: 'Ria is a genuine miracle. After all the IVF and years of trying it was amazing to see her for the first time.

'But things quickly took a turn for the worse as she turned blue. We were told she had situs inverses which caused her organs to be on the wrong side of her body.

'She is now nine months old and has defied all the odds to still be alive.

'Even though we are extremely lucky Ria could deteriorate at any time so we have to always be vigilant.' 




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Ms Moreno, who was living in Qatar at the time, had a high-risk pregnancy and was given an emergency C-section at 42 weeks.

It was then that she and her partner, 35, were given the crushing news that Ria had complex congenital heart disorder and situs inversus.

Her three heart disorders were atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial discordance, ventricular septal defect and critical pulmonary stenosis. 

Doctors reportedly called her one in a million because staff at the hospital had never encountered anything like her rare combination of illnesses before. 




But, now nine months old, Ria, who is living in London with her family, has pulled through and is continuing to defy the odds (pictured with her parents Amelia and Julian)





Ms Moreno, who was living in Qatar at the time, had a high-risk pregnancy and was given an emergency C-section at 42 weeks (Ria's parents are pictured with her in hospital)





In July, Ria was whisked away for emergency surgery for the second time in her short life after going into hospital for illegal content a routine scan (pictured with her mother)