Cancer is still the biggest killer of children aged one to 14.
Fixing the seat into the back of the car, I took another look at my newborn baby girl, Maggie-Mae, and felt a rush of overwhelming love.
The only thing that was slightly concerning was that Maggie had been born with nodules and little lumps all over her body, which had baffled the doctors, and big black circles under her eyes, which I just put down to aSo even though they’d agreed to discharge us, doctors had scheduled an appointment at Great Ormond Street Hospital for a couple of days later. At that point, nothing had been picked up so we felt reassured; we were able to have a peaceful weekend in blissful ignorance at home.
And, as she was put under a third time at just 11 days old to have a Hickman line fitted, her heart stopped. Doctors had to massage her heart for six minutes to keep her going.On the same day, we were told that Maggie had. I remember staring at the swirls on the floor as my brain tried desperately not to process what we were hearing.
I remember sitting next to her and begging to know what colour her eyes would be, what colour hair she would have.
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