Jaxon's Story

On Oct 18th Jaxon was born at Stepping Hill unresponsive due to lack of oxygen to his vital organs for an unknown length of time during labour. It became apparent he was having seizures so they cooled his body temperature down to stop the seizures and emergency transferred him to Liverpool Women’s hospital. It was a short 24 hour stay at Liverpool Women’s when Jaxon had a tough first night, we were woken up with a phone call to our room and told to prepare for the worst. They then made the decision to transfer him to Alder Hey childrens hospital for lifesaving treatment as his lungs weren’t releasing the carbon dioxide from his body.

We arrived at Alder Hey on Thursday 19th of October where they began to work their magic on our precious boy. The care we received in the PICU unit was nothing short of amazing, 1-2-1 care around the clock giving our boy the best chance at survival. They managed to get him to a stable condition not requiring the specific Ecmo treatment however he was still critically unwell. Around day 4 when his body temperature was back to normal we received a visit from a Neonatal specialist as they were concerned he wasn’t improving - his lungs were working now but his heart was requiring a lot of support. After opening up a valve in his heart to release the pressure, along with discovering a severe infection in his tiny body, the treatment started to work and our boy started to make massive improvements each day. Day 10 and our little miracle is off the ventilator, nearly all of his medication and allowed to go back to Stepping Hill to finish his recovery.

The nurses at Stepping Hill who treated him for a short time from birth couldn’t believe this was the same little boy, many calling him a miracle baby. Without the treatment at Alder Hey, he wouldn’t be here today, the doctors and nurses were all amazing with both Jaxon and us. The facilities the hospital had to offer helped make our stay there that little less stressful.

Jaxon is now at home and thriving. We have many appointments ahead of us but I just know he’s going to smash life whatever it throws at us.

Dominoes Netball Club are running the Heaton Park 10k to raise money in aid of the Intensive Care Fund (Alder Hey Children's Charity) and every donation will help. Thank you in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to me.

More information about Alder Hey Children's Charity: Alder Hey Children's Charity raises vital funds to help make Alder Hey in the Park a truly world-class, patient-friendly hospital for the 275,000 patients and families we care for every year. Alder Hey Children's Charity ensures our pioneering work continues to create a healthy future for children and improves the quality of life for youngsters in hospital.