I know my life was short but when I first opened my eyes on the 14th February I immediately fell in love I saw my mommy and she was crying to see me before I was taken away to have my cannula put in. I knew mommy didn’t want me to be taken away so soon but she knew I needed to go to make me better and she could see me soon on the icu at the women’s hospital.
I was lying in my cot as I could hear footsteps coming towards me - it was mommy and daddy- so happy to see me. I was so happy to see them both after what seemed like forever but I’m sure it wasn’t. Mommy and daddy started taking pictures of me ready to show my family to let them know I’d made it safely into the world. Mommy and daddy could only see my one at a time so I didn’t get much time to see them together. Mommy would see me and hold me for a little then they would swap and daddy would see me and hold me for a while. Then they would leave and get ready to see me the next day. I was at the women’s hospital for 5 days then I was transferred to the children’s hospital where I travelled my first ever few miles by ambulance but mommy and daddy wasn’t allowed to travel with me because of COVID restrictions. They could meet me at the children’s hospital ready to go to ward 11 where I’d be waiting for my open heart surgery