12.12am on 7th July 2009 Baby Billy Murphy arrived in Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar & how handsome you were lil man.
I got to cuddle you for just a short while. To me and yer dad you were crying but the nurses said you were grunting, your saturation's were low so you were taken immediately to SCBU to get checked over. After a short while your dad and i visited you and we got a big fright. We were under the impression that it was just gonna be a routine check. You were hooked up to lots of machines in an open incubator. Nurses and docs said to go back to the ward and they'd keep us posted.
Your dad stayed at my bedside that night even tho it was against policy to do so. Early into the morning a doc came to tell us your chest x-ray seemed fine and you were now lower down the scale than earlier thought for a heart condition. Your dad and i were still in shock, we were told you'd be back withing a few hrs up to the ward to us, but der was no sign of this happening.
Your grandad kelly and both nanny's came to visit you 2day in SCBU, they absolutely adored you, you were irresistibly cute. Throughout the day docs were doin repeat bloods and x-rays and everything came back ok. Still no sign of you getting out of SCBU tho which was worrying. Nurse in the unit said to us it would be the wkend b4 they'd even think bout letting you home.
That day a lil baby came into SCBU with similar symptoms as you did, 1 major difference tho, within minutes this baby's saturation's went right up to 100%. It was from this point that i knew you were sick, not knowing what was actually gonna face us tomorrow.
And that lil man was your 1st day into this world :-)
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