Kerry’s Story
My Son was born on Friday 14th January 2011 at 3.59am. We didn’t know anything was wrong until 3.30am when my little boy was struggling to come into the world and the midwife couldn’t find his heartbeat. From that moment on became the worst & best day of my life. I was rushed into a private room and a few doctors & midwifes came in and explained that they couldn’t find a heartbeat & that they had to get him out ASAP. I didn’t know anything was majorly wrong until he was born; it became clear quite quick that something was wrong as they were paging every doctor on the ward shouting “code blue”. I remember asking the nurse that was holding my hand where’s my baby, why can’t I hear him? And all she could do was turn away from me. They worked on my little boy for 11 minutes with no oxygen or a heartbeat, the word they used was that he was born still born. I knew it was serious because even the midwifes were crying, my mum and partner were inconsolable. He was rushed away on a life support machine; I still hadn’t seen or held him. I was informed that he weighed 6lb 4oz and was very small for 12days late. I didn’t know what to expect when I went to see him, I didn’t know if I even had a baby waiting for me. After 5 hours I discharged myself and went and saw him not knowing what I was going to be greeted with, and I was told that on his way down to ITC Neonatal he chocked out the life support tubes, and that he was alive!! I switched off after this point as I didn’t care I just wanted to see my boy. I walked into the room where he was and I remember thinking how peaceful it was. He was still so poorly and had so many tubes and machines attached to every part of him, hands, feet & toes. He was on a C-Pap machine which gave him oxygen but where normal poorly babies were on 25% my boy was on 95%. He developed infections and was on antibiotics. We were told he has very ill and would be in for at least 3 weeks before he could come home. He didn’t wee for 3 days & didn’t have his first feed until I could hold him 3 days later. I feel in love instantly and decided to name him Tyler-James. I was told he could have brain damage & may suffer from disabilities like Cerebral Palsy and learning difficulties. At 4 days old he had a MRI scan and was told that the scan showed up fine and that all his organs that they thought may have been damaged had repaired themselves or not damaged at all. From 3days old onwards he became stronger and it was clear he was a little fighter. He fought so hard that he was home 6 days later. The doctors described him as nothing short of a miracle! In his first 3 months we had to take Tyler for 10 hospital appointments which included brain scans, injections & blood tests but I didn’t let it get me down as my little boy was here and whatever we were faced with we would deal with as a family. Now at 5months old Tyler-James has been given the all clear and now only needs yearly check-ups. I am a very proud mummy to a very special little boy, my miracle baby……….
Tyler-James. Xxx
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I found the photo shoot session outside with Richard fantastic, we fed the ducks and walked through the lovely area with trees, ponds & rivers. He made us feel very comfortable and was very kind and genuinely interested about my little boy. I would definitely use Richard again as I think the pictures are a treasured memory and so much better than being stuck in a studio; it’s more relaxed and natural. Thank you Richard Kerry Reid & Tyler-James. _________ X _________