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A family Christmas

29/12/201428/12/2014

For me, one of my favourite things about Christmas is spending time with family. With four brothers and four sisters, that’s a lot of family to try and catch up with over the festive period though although I managed to catch up with seven of my siblings – four of them before Christmas and three… Read More

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Giving up dummies

18/12/201413/02/2015

Jessica has had a dummy since she was a tiny baby – it has been invaluable during her time in hospital, especially when she was recovering from surgery and we were unable to cuddle her. Over the last few months though, we have been gearing up towards her giving up the dummies (particularly as they… Read More

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Christmas chez Cameron

08/12/201408/05/2025

We’ve been to a lot of Christmas parties organised by the various charities that have helped us along our journey as a heart family but the one we were invited to last year topped them all – the annual children’s Christmas party at 10 Downing Street. We were invited through Jessica’s community nurse who worked… Read More

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The day I flashed Santa

01/12/201401/06/2016

The photo above was taken on Christmas morning on the cardiac ward. It was Jessica’s first Christmas and she had been transferred to the ward from the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) the day before after having spent 10 days on PICU recovering from open heart surgery. The ward was beautifully decorated, the nurses had… Read More

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The Bubblewrap Dress

24/11/201415/10/2015

Back in my uni days, I was definitely a bit of a party girl, especially if it involved fancy dress – and I loved coming up with quirky ideas. At one of our club nights at the student union, I thought it would be fun to go wearing a dress made from bubble wrap. I… Read More

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World Prematurity Day

17/11/2014

Today is World Prematurity Day which aims to raise awareness of the numbers of babies born prematurely each year and the problems that these babies may face. According to the figures on the Bliss website, approximately 15 million babies are born prematurely each year, 1 million of which do not survive. The European Foundation for… Read More

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Remembrance Sunday

08/11/201409/11/2014

This week’s black and white photo was taken on 11 November 2008, the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I. Hubby and I were at the Thiepval memorial in the Somme that day for the remembrance service which was an intensely moving one. We had been visiting various WW1 sites across France and… Read More

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I'm Louise, mummy of three - Jessica, forever six, who was born with half a heart and lives on in mine; and heart-healthy Sophie (born 2013) and Thomas (born 2018). I blog about living with grief after child loss, crafts, days out and the little moments of family life.

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