Nathan was born on Friday 30th October 2015. 

30 hours after birth it was discovered Nathan had a congenital heart condition called Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). The heart condition is made up of 4 separate heart defects.

Nathan was admitted to The Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow for open heart surgery in February 2016.  After more than 14 hours and following some complications Nathan was put onto life support (ECMO) which allowed for his safe removal from surgery. Following this Nathan was moved into the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and spent the following 10 weeks fighting various issues. He finally turned a corner and was moved to the Cardiology Unit at ward 1E to continue his recovery. After 3 months in hospital Nathan was finally allowed home. 

Watch Nathan's journey through hospital in photographs using this link: 

https://youtu.be/8vCMcjLcDEA

Nathan was also born with a cleft palate (soft) and had further surgery to have his mouth fully repaired. He continues to require on-going care to assist with speech development by specialists.

Nathan was admitted again November 2018 and after further open heart surgery he is currently being cared for in Ward 1E of the Royal Hospital for Children. 


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Since Nathan's birth he has received the most amazing care from all the wonderful staff at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow. We really can't thank them all enough for the special care Nathan received and the support we as parents both received throughout this difficult time. They are all true heroes that deserve much praise for the amazing work they do every day helping really sick kids.

To help give something back we started fundraising as #TeamNathan and along with it's members aim take part in various challenges and fundraising events to raise vital funds for the Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity (formally Yorkhill Children’s Charity)

If you'd like to take part in any events or you're doing something yourself and would like to raise funds for the Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity in the name of #TeamNathan then please contact us. We’d love to have your support raising funds.


                                           

                               ❤️ THANK YOU ❤️


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