Valin was born with a congenital heart defect known as hypo plastic left heart syndrome.  At just three days old he had his first surgery done to open a valve to allow blood flow soon after he suffered from pneumonia then after that he had two silent strokes one on each side of his brain the strokes then led to seizures this poor baby struggled just to stay alive from the day he was born at six months old he had yet another surgery done he then went into full cardiac arrest Jan 1 2013 he was unable to walk crawl or even talk after that he fought for five months after but his little heart could not hold on it was to weak and his little body was to weak to continue fighting anymore he passed away June 23 of 2013 at 19 months of age his name in itself means mighty warrior and that he was he was "our mighty warrior" and he was taken way before he should have been he is our son and we Miss him terribly and Love him to the moon and back.