6-month-old Struthers' baby Ariella Torres received her third open heart surgery Monday in Cincinnati. 

The parents of Ariella, Alexa and Robert Melek, told 21 News Monday night that their infant daughter had completed the nine-hour surgery and is doing well.

As 21 News first told you on Friday, Ariella suffers from Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), a rare condition that affects 1 in 3,800 babies. However, baby Ariella's condition is so severe that doctors said it occurs in 1 out of 450,000 births.

HLHS is a serious and rare heart condition present at birth. It occurs when the left side of the heart—including the left ventricle, mitral valve, and aorta—is severely underdeveloped. Because of this, the left side of the heart cannot pump enough blood to the body.

Ariella needed the third surgery as the donor tissue from her first Norwood Procedure had shrunk, causing an obstruction in her heart. The Norwood Procedure was first used in 1983 in children with HLHS.

The condition requires lifelong surgeries, including a heart and liver transplant every ten years, which Ariella will likely need to begin after she turns 15 years old.

If you would like to help ease the family's financial burden, you can click here to donate to Ariella's GoFundMe page.

Ariella Melek after her third open heart surgery is doing well, according to doctors
Ariella Melek after her third open heart surgery is doing well, according to doctors