With February being heart month, I’ve been focusing on raising awareness of CHD, particularly during heart week (7th – 14th February). It’s been lovely to feature some guest posts on my blog during heart week and to have other heart families share their stories – thank you to Northumberland Mam, The Hearty Life and Adventures… Read More
Throughout Heart Month, I’ll be sharing various stories from heart families about their experiences. Today’s post is from Lee who, with his wife Freya, blogs over at Adventures from the Heart. Lee and Freya’s second child Erin was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, the same heart condition that my daughter Jessica has and was… Read More
Throughout Heart Month, I’ll be sharing various stories from heart families about their experiences. Today’s post is from Mary who blogs over at The Hearty Life. Mary’s third child Poppy was diagnosed with a CHD at her 20 week scan and sadly was stillborn at 40 weeks. Thank you so much to Mary for being… Read More
Throughout Heart Month, I’ll be sharing various stories from heart families about their experiences. Today’s post is from the lovely Kim who blogs over at Northumberland Mam. Kim and her two daughters were all born with a CHD which remained undetected until a hospital visit for an unrelated concern. Here’s the story of her heart… Read More
Last week saw a big milestone for Jessica as she started preschool for the first time. She took it all in her stride and seems to be thoroughly enjoying it so far. However, it was a big step for me as a parent too. Going from having her home all the time to letting her… Read More
This month has seen a significant milestone for my little heart warrior as she started preschool for the first time and I am so proud at how well she is doing. It has been quite an involved process getting her prepared for preschool and I am sharing a post about all the different things we… Read More
Yesterday was the third anniversary of Jessica’s Norwood procedure. The surgery that day was long and difficult and shortly after Jessica had been stabilised on PICU following the surgery, she had to have her chest re-opened to remove a blood clot. I still vividly remember our terror as we waited in the parents accommodation, both… Read More