My Updates
It’s that time again 🦊🩵
Friday 21st FebJasper came into the world very quietly on a Monday night in January 2019. We only later found out this was because he needed a bit of resuscitation at birth due to a rare medical condition he was unexpectedly born with.
At a day and a half old, we were whisked off to RCH where we stayed for almost 2 months. Jasper had his first surgery at 4 weeks old, a major jaw reconstruction, and he was under the absolute best care possible at RCH.
This year, Jasper turned 6. Since that first surgery, he’s been under generally anaesthetic for surgeries and procedures another SIX times, and has been under the expert care of an unbelievable array of teams through RCH including neonatology, dietetics, physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, surgical, ENT, audiology, dental, and ophthalmology. He had tests including hearing, vision, cranial and renal ultrasounds, X-rays of his chest and jaw, a heart scan, and full genetics testing.
It hasn’t just been Jasper who’s been in good hands, either. As parents, I feel like we’ve been looked after every bit as much as our little guy.
Without RCH, we genuinely have no idea what we would have done. Jasper probably wouldn’t have had that life-saving and –changing surgery, and we certainly couldn’t have afforded all of the tests and specialist treatments and NICU care he has needed. We used to see the ads for the Good Friday Appeal every year and think “oh, that’s so nice a place like that exists for people who need it.” And then WE became people who needed it, and we’ll spend the rest of our lives in incredible gratitude for this place and what it has done for our son.
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