Our beautiful daughter Jessica was born in September 2011 with a severe heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome. This was diagnosed at her 20 week scan and we were initially told that she was unlikely to be suitable for surgery. However, a pioneering in-utero operation at 28 weeks to enlarge a hole in her atrial septum was carried out and she was able to make it to term and get through her first open-heart surgery at just eight hours old. Jessica underwent five more surgeries during her life. Her final surgery - the Fontan procedure - took place in December 2017. She initially made a good recovery but sadly passed away suddenly on 14th April 2018 at the age of 6. This is the story of a little girl whose half a heart overflowed with love. She was, and will forever be, our little miracle and brought joy to all who knew her.

Sunday 12 February 2012

A little social butterfly

It’s been a busy weekend for our little social butterfly with two social events on the calendar. Jessica went to her fourth wedding on Saturday afternoon – that of our friends Sam and Nathan – and then spent the evening at Grandma Jean’s 70th birthday party, where she got to meet lots of family friends for the first time.

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who generously gave a donation to Little Hearts Matter as their way of giving a birthday present to Jean – the donations so far total just over £500 which is amazing – thank you so much! We would also like to say thank you to Pastiche Musical Theatre who have chosen Little Hearts Matter as their charity for their forthcoming show ‘Carousel’ which is on at the Compass Theatre at the end of March – further information can be found on their website.

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