I was
born on 16th December 2007 in Norwich, Norfolk UK. I arrived at 05:29am
and weighed 5lb 14oz.
Initially all seemed well and I went home with mummy and daddy later
that day. I was checked by a lady who came to see me at home and had put
on a small amount of weight. I was very good and didn't wake mummy and
daddy in the night from 8 weeks old! (Mummy and daddy were very
impressed!)
Then I had to go to a hall where there were lots of people and lots of
babies. Their mummy's were putting them on scales so they could be
weighed and eventually it was my turn. The lady told mummy I had lost
weight and that I needed to see a doctor.
Mummy took me to see the doctor a few days later and he said that he could hear a heart murmur. Mummy was very upset and daddy said she shouldn't worry as it was probably an 'innocent murmur' that would correct itself. Over the next few days though I lost more weight and another doctor got very worried and asked mummy and daddy to take me to hospital. The doctors there arranged for me to see a specialist from a hospital in London called Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children.
The doctor came to see me and used a special machine to look at my
heart. After a while he told mummy and daddy that I had two problems
with my heart and asked if we had any plans for the following day. They
said no and he replied "Good, because you need to come to my hospital in
London."
The date was 4th March 2008.
