At three months old, Jack was hospitalised in Orange with a respiratory infection and was back there aged just seven months with pneumonia. Genetic testing at nine months of age provided Jack and his family with an insight into his recurring illness, when he was...
Sean is Gloria’s firstborn – a special young man with the New Year’s Day birthday of 1st of the 1st in 2011 (born at 11.42am). Sean proudly tells everyone that his birthday has all the Ones! Sean was a beautiful baby, with a personable nature and a ready smile....
Oli is 14 years old and absolutely soccer mad. He plays for a club as well as an academy and has recently been to the National Cup in Sydney where his team came third in the Under 14’s category. Oli has lightning pace backed up by a massive goal scoring ability. Last...
Nathan and Bianca have two inquisitive, adventurous and mischievous children, their son aged 10, and daughter aged 6. Oliver was a miserable baby, suffering from reflux and food allergies and often was unable to sleep for longer than an hour due to his severe pain. He...
Trigger Warning: suicide. (If this story raises any concerns, please contact Lifeline Ph: 13 11 14) For as long as she can remember Lisa always wanted to be a mum. As a child, when people asked her what she wanted to be, the answer was “a mum”. She wanted a huge...
Emergency Department, drowsy and increasingly delirious. Doctors began blood tests and found that she had extremely low platelets. Her absolute count was 16,000 so she was given 4 units of platelets overnight in the High Dependency Unit. CT scans showed Sharon had 3...
