When we were first admitted into the Neo Natal Intensive Care Unit and Elijah was diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot, I couldn’t take it in. To protect myself from actually acknowledging that my baby wasn’t healthy, that he wasn’t the baby that I had imagined holding in my arms for nine months, and our start…
For the last couple of weeks we have been looking around primary schools for Elijah who is due to commence school in September 2019. I have found the whole process very conflicting, especially as a heart mum.
As the parent of a child with CHD, Vicki Cockerill knows how scary cold and flu season can be. In her latest post, she talks about her son’s experience of the lung infection bronchiolitis. Tiny Tickers is a proud supporter of Abbvie’s More Than A Cold Campaign, which aims to educate parents about the symptoms of…
By Vicki Cockerill There is one time of year that every heart parent dreads, it occurs from the beginning of October and lasts until around April.
This #WorldMentalHealthDay, our regular heart parent blogger, Vicki Cockerill, shares how her son’s diagnosis and treatment for CHD affected her mental heath. Vicki is dedicated to starting a conversation around mental health for NICU parents, raising awareness and helping heart parents access the mental health care they need.
In her third NICU Awareness Month post, our guest blogger, Vicki Cockerill, writes a heartfelt letter to her son’s doctor:
