"Till we meet again": Aussie cricketer's heartbreaking family news
Australian cricketer Fawad Ahmed has shared devastating news about his four-month-old baby.
The cricketer and his wife welcomed their second child in June, but the baby boy quickly developed a range of health issues.
The baby stayed at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne to undergo numerous tests in an effort to diagnose why he was sick.
On Monday, Ahmed shared the heartbreaking news that his son had tragically died.
“Till we meet again my little angel,” he wrote on social media.
“Unfortunately after a long struggle my little man has lost the painful and tough fight."
“I believe you are in a better place, we will miss you so much. I hope no one ever goes through this pain.”
Ahmed, who joined the Australian cricket team after leaving his native Pakistan, recently opened up about his son’s heath battles.
“It’s a tough time, to be honest,” the 41-year-old told the Cricket Australia website last month.
“We don’t know what’s going to happen. Neither do the doctors. It’s pretty bad. You want to know. This is something that is aching the heart.”
“It’s something that’s so unexpected,” Ahmed said.
“You’re excited, you’re happy about the birth of your child, and then suddenly you go to some dark places, and you don’t know what’s going to happen."
“Our lives have completely changed. Every morning, we just wake up and get ready to go to the hospital. Then in the evening, we come back. That’s it, nothing else.”
Ahmed also opened up about the struggle of looking after his family, especially his three-year-old daughter, during the hardship.
“We don’t want to lose her while looking after the little fella. But it’s winter, such less time to go out … I don’t want her to get sick,” the cricketer said.
“So we are trying, but it’s getting harder. This afternoon she just wanted to play outside, play soccer with me, but it was cold and windy, and we had to go to the hospital. She was so upset.
“I love her so much. She’s an absolute legend. She loves me as well, and it’s such a good feeling.”
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