Cricketer Fawad Ahmed announces his four-month-old son has died: ‘Till we meet again’
- Fawad Ahmed’s son has died
Australian cricketer Fawad Ahmed has sadly announced the tragic death of his four-month-old son after a health battle.
Ahmed, 41, and his wife welcomed their second child in June, but the baby has suffered from ongoing health problems.
After spending months at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital searching for a diagnosis, Ahmed announced on Monday that his son had died.
The son of Australian cricketer Fawad Ahmed (above) has tragically passed away
“Until we meet again, my little angel,” he wrote alongside two photos of the little boy.
‘Unfortunately, after a long battle, my little man lost the painful and difficult battle.
“I believe you are in a better place, we will miss you so much.
“I hope no one ever experiences this pain.”
In an earlier interview with Cricket AustraliaAhmed described his son’s struggle as ‘a tough time’.
“Every day he’s growing, and the bones and joints are getting stiffer and stiffer,” he said.
‘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 hurts the heart.”
Two months ago, the baby underwent surgery to move his jaw and tongue forward to help with breathing after winning a weight battle and eventually reaching 3kg.
However, his health problems persisted and his eyesight became a new concern.
Ahmed said his son returned a vision result of -13, -15 is considered blind.
“He doesn’t look at me, that hurts,” he said.
‘But we say: ‘Praise be to Allah’ that he has something. I’m trying to get him some glasses, but it’s going to be a bit tricky because we’ve already tested the smallest size and it doesn’t fit.’
Fawad Ahmed (above) previously described his son’s struggle as a “tough time” for the family
He described how the constant hospital visits and bad news had exhausted his family.
“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 dark places and you don’t know what’s going to happen.
‘Our lives have changed completely. Every morning we just wake up and get ready to go to the hospital. Then we’ll come back in the evening. That’s it, nothing else.’
Ahmed became an international cricketer after fleeing his home in Pakistan in 2010 at the age of 28 and settling in Australia as an asylum seeker.
He played five international matches for Australia in ODI and T20I matches after being granted citizenship in 2013.