On 27 December 2008, our angel Gidion Reuben decided that he wasn’t patient enough to wait until 6 February 2009 to meet his mom and dad. He was born with the scale “groaning” at 1.3kg.
The night before surgery was scheduled, one of the angels of NICU allowed me to kangaroo Gidion (since he had so many pipes connected to him that was his lifeline, I wasn’t really allowed to hold him). It would be the last time I got to hold my baby for the next 7 weeks.
On Monday 29 December, Gidion was taken to theatre for surgery. It was the longest and most terrible 4 hours of our lives.
In NICU, Gidion was drinking small volumes from the breast, while the rest of the milk was given via a nasogastric tube
I thought the moment we could start introducing solids, that everything would start to come right.
On 10 August 2009, Gidion developed a rash around his mouth. He was admitted to hospital that same afternoon with a diagnosis of a Staphylococcus infection.
If anyone can please find it in their hearts to help us with a donation of even ideas on fund raising, we will be so grateful.