CARTER'S JOURNEY

What is 'Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia' and why it makes Covid-19 dangerous for our son..

Unfortunately, none of this is new for us. Three months. That's how long Carter required oxygen to stay alive. Our youngest son, Carter, wa

Carter | 22-months-old

He's growing fast and not giving us any time to catch up! It's been a while since I wrote an update about Carter, and with so many of you...

NICU 'Roomies' ..a friendship to last a lifetime

#CutenessOverload ! From a NICU bay in Penrith, to little ol' Dubbo.. I was wheeled in to the NICU in my hospital bed, still in a daze...

NICU & SCN Nurses : More than 'just a nurse'

In those moments, nothing about you was 'just a nurse'.. in those moments, you were our best friends and our family.

The Ronald McDonald House Westmead: Our home away from home!

Think about the amount of laundry you do in a week. Now think about how difficult it would be if you were on unpaid leave from work so you c

What we feed Carter to manage his Reflux and Cow's Milk Allergy

Now, at nine months old, Carter is 7kg; still well under the 'average' weight of a baby his age. He doesn't even make it into th

We're going back to Westmead

Carter received the official diagnosis of 'Obstructive Sleep Apnoea' back in July - a condition that was suggested we manage at home

Sharing our story through the Flying Doctors

This isn’t just a ‘story’. This is our LIFE! And all these feelings, they’re replicated across the country.. across the globe.. by families

Carter's Eight Months Old

As Carter enters his ninth month, he's FINALLY cutting his first tooth!! This bloody c-word of a tooth has been coming up and going back

Why Ed Sheeran's 'What do I know?' makes my heart sink..

I found myself having a mental break down one morning. It was a couple of weeks into our NICU journey. We'd just received news that ther

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