Dr Sullivan warned us that with the type of Heart Condition our unborn daughter had, it was highly likely she would have DiGeorge Syndrome, ...

As I mentioned in my previous post , we'll soon be heading down to London for Martha's next outpatient appointment with her Cardiolo...

After everything I've seen Martha go through, it's left me a very cynical and unsympathetic person. When anyone complains of being i...

The whole process of taking your child to Hospital for surgery is probably one of the worst things you'll have to go through as a parent...

Martha's first experience of being in a swimming pool was at a Hotel when she was about 18 months old. We'd been given a wetsuit by ...

No child should wake up on Christmas Day without their family by their side. That’s why charity The Sick Children’s Trust is asking the nati...

I remember telling an Intensivists at the beginning of December, "I just want to be home for Christmas". He said, "That's...

Martha's electrical conduction system was damaged during her 2nd open heart surgery. We waited patiently for 10 days to see if her norma...

We arrived in Great Ormond Street Hospital on Wednesday 13th November 2013. Martha was having her pre-admission tests ready for her second o...

Imagine if you were about to have a baby. Now imagine you’d heard that there was a test that could be carried out on all newborn babies – a...

I assumed that we'd be the family happy with staycations. With us living in Wales we have some of the best beaches on our doorstep an...

The night Martha Grace came out of theatre after her 1st operation, I walked to her bedspace to find a team of Surgeons, Doctors, and Nur...

This time 5 years ago we were waiting for the date for Martha's second and what we assumed would be her last open heart surgery. We k...

Today is the 5th anniversary of Martha Grace's first Open Heart Surgery. Five years seem's like a whole lifetime ago. But I can reme...

We go to my Mam's for dinner on a Wednesday, even if I'm at work Mark will still go there with the kids. Recently while I've be...

It was going to be a regular day. I dropped the kids off at school, went to town to run a few errands and was getting ready for work when m...

On the 3rd May 2013 we were given the most amazing opportunity for our unborn daughter. We took the chance because we had been so devast...

Dr. Sullivan, We were probably just another couple to you; nothing remarkable about us. But you changed our lives. You saved our dau...

When Martha Grace had her first operation I had no idea what to expect, what life would be like for us as her parents living in Hospita...

We never know what's going through our children's minds. All we can do is our best and hope we're making the right choices ...