Texas surrogate fights for sole custody as heart-defect newborn battles for life
A Dallas court is weighing a high-profile custody dispute over a newborn with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Surrogate McKenna West seeks sole conservatorship to make medical decisions after California parents Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed requested termination; the baby underwent a Norwood procedure, was re-intubated, and remains critically ill as the court considers who should control life-saving care.