Reason behind the commitment
So January 2nd 2001 I gave birth to my daughter who was born at 26 weeks she spent 99 days in hospital, came home on oxygen for 6 months. When she was born she was the size of a 30cm ruler, weighing 1050grams and her head circumference was the size of a coke can. Her first nappy was a cotton ball and glad wrap, her first feed was nurture and it was 1ml of milk, when a full term baby is born you get the clip from the umbilical cord well I got a bandaid. I have kept everything from her tubes that feed her, her little monitor tabs and even to her first tiny finger nail that you can hardly see but it’s there as I see it. To think that was 24 years ago and she has grown into a very strong young woman who is extremely intelligent and very independent, yes many premature babies have complications and in a sense I was lucky she didn’t need any operations, she did need 3 blood transfusions which was extremely hard cause they couldn’t use my or my husbands blood as we had the Ross River Virus detected in our blood which would’ve killed her, this was a matter of life or death and it was extremely hard knowing it was a strangers blood but I wasn’t losing her after all of this, yes her heart would stop beating and she would stop breathing but I watched the nurses and knew I had to jolt her to make her remember to do these things.I am forever grateful to all the doctors, nurses, friends and family that supported us through this journey. I’m excited to say and to give hope to other parents that are going through this process once they start to blossom it’s a beautiful feeling.
This November I’m taking on the Premmie Marathon Challenge
I’ll be clocking up my kms in the Premmie Marathon Challenge to raise funds for life-saving neonatal equipment that will give critically ill and premature babies a better chance of survival.
I'd love your support - if you can, please make a generous tax-deductible donation here.
Thank you for your support.
Your donation will help keep me motivated as I complete my challenge through November, knowing that each km I complete is helping save the lives of sick and premature babies.
Fancy joining me? You can sign up for the Premmie Marathon Challenge too! Simply choose your challenge distance and start clocking your kms for premmie babies.
