There and back again

Four weeks ago tomorrow, our boy went into open heart surgery and began a battle for his life. A quick and fierce battle it turned out to be, because here we are now… Read More →

Springtime

The sun is shining and we are heading home to Wellington this afternoon. The great big bucket loads of gratitude remain overflowing. Today we are so appreciative of all the staff at Starship… Read More →

There’s Klingons on the starboard bow

This is long-winded and a totally unnecessary read. Albie’s had five surgery dates so far that haven’t gone ahead. I feel like we are the boy that cries surgery, the amount of times… Read More →

The Rastelli repair

Update: Albie didn’t get his Rastelli the next week as was planned when this was written. We went home again to make him bigger and he ended up having his operation on 14… Read More →

On our way!

This morning, we are saying goodbye to Starship, our unexpected home for the last while, and saying hello to Wellington hospital. Its one giant step closer to going home and we are mega… Read More →

The big fat family challenge

So we are still awaiting our little guy putting on some beef. The shunt they placed in him is a little too big for him, which means that there is 2-3 times the… Read More →

Off to theatre

We are feeling a little bereft without Albie – he went into theatre this morning for his shunt operation. Will post an update about how it all went tomorrow some time. Thanks again… Read More →

Moving on up

Week two  - we move on up to the Cardiac ward and finally get to hold our lil’ guy without having to pass him back. He didn’t leave our arms!

Mr Wrigglesworth’s early days

Comfort – the only way we could interact Albie in the first few days. Impossibly hard. And some people had thought I was having twins! Ha! My belly was ALL cake it would… Read More →

The first week

This is a copy of the email we sent out to many of you on 26th February, just a few days after his arrival. We thought we should post it here too as… Read More →