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Family's heartbreaking final picture before 2yo daughter's tragic death

A couple have released the heartbreaking photos taken moments before their two-year-old daughter died waiting for a heart transplant.

Adalynn Rogers, from Tennessee in the US, was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, leaving "her little half a heart very tired".

"It has done the job of a whole heart for 22 months but it’s not strong enough to keep her alive on its own," her parents, Justin and Kristi, told Metro.

Adalynn died awaiting a heart transplant on January 26.

A couple have released photos taken moments before their two-year-old daughter died. Photo: Facebook/ World of Broken Hearts
A couple have released photos taken moments before their two-year-old daughter died. Photo: Facebook/ World of Broken Hearts

Photographer Suha Dabit captured the heartbreaking last moments the little girl had with her parents and three younger siblings at the children's hospital.

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The family hope they can spread awareness about the importance of organ donation and are sharing updates on Facebook page, Prayers for Adalynn.

"Our family is extremely grateful for all the prayers and love everyone has extended for us and Addy," Ms Rogers wrote on January 25.

Adalynn was with her parents and three younger siblings when she passed. Photo: Facebook/ World of Broken Hearts
Adalynn was with her parents and three younger siblings when she passed. Photo: Facebook/ World of Broken Hearts

"Tomorrow our family will have to say goodbye to the sweetest, bravest, strongest little girl I’ve ever known.

"Her brain injury is too severe for her to be a candidate for heart transplant.

"I’m broken. I don’t know how to live in a world that doesn’t have Addy in it."

Adalynn died awaiting a heart transplant. Photo: GoFundMe
Adalynn died awaiting a heart transplant. Photo: GoFundMe