Throughout Heart Month, I’ll be sharing various stories from heart families about their experiences. Today’s post is from Philippa who blogs over at Sounding Like My Mother. Philippa is a mum of five children, two of which have heart conditions. As is the case with 1 in 3 babies with a congenital heart condition, her… 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
Amanda Rose Adams’ son Liam was diagnosed with several complex congenital heart defects (CHDs) at a second trimester ultrasound scan. His parents were faced with the choice to have a late termination or put their child through countless open-heart surgeries in order to give him a chance to survive. Heart Warriors is Amanda’s account of… 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
We only just managed to get a photo of the four of us taken in time for this month’s ‘Me and Mine’ as despite having a reasonable amount of family time together, it has generally been at times when there are too many other distractions – for instance when we have been busy rehearsing for… Read More
We’ve been having a lovely day out at Peppa Pig World in Paulton’s Park with some other heart families from the hospital where Jessica had her surgery. This is the second year we’ve been on the family day out. It has been interesting to see the difference with how Jessica reacts to the rides and… Read More