Day 6
Day: 6
Date: Sunday 28 March 2021
Location: Nottingham Queens Medical Centre, Paediatric Critical Care Unit
10:30am As the main ward is more noisy than the isolation room Sam is wearing ear plugs as we think noise and touch may be a trigger for his seizures. Last night the nurse also…
Day 4
Day 4 of Sam's FIRES Diary
- Friday 26 March 20216
Location: Nottingham Queens Medical Centre, Paediatric Critical Care Unit
2.30pm My brother has sent over a video of a story he has read for Sam with, called “The Day the Crayons Quit” and a video message from his cousins. Such a fab idea…
Day 3
A Mother's Love
- Thursday 25 March 2021
Location: Nottingham Queens Medical Centre, Paediatric Critical Care Unit
08:00 Sam had a fair night. He is sedated to the level of a general anesthetic, he can’t really be sedated any further. They are still trying to rest his brain, so it…
Day 2
A Mother's Love
- Day 2: Wednesday 24 March 2021
Location: Nottingham Queens Medical Centre, Paediatric Critical Care Unit
09:30 Last night was not great for Sam. He is still having seizures, but they are trying different medications to get on top of them. However, they initially…
Day 0 to 1
A Mother's Love
- Diary from Monday evening 22 March to Tuesday 23 March
20:45 We are at the hospital, Sam fitted it’s been horrendous. It lasted 30 minutes, I cannot begin to say how frightening it was, I thought I was going to lose him. He is asleep, we are waiting for a doctor, Sam…
Sam's Fight, Three Years On
OUR PERFECT LIFE
Three years ago today at 8pm, was when my perfect, yet ordinary family life was blown apart and changed forever in the most tragic of ways. That morning when my son Sam and I woke up we were totally oblivious to how our day would unfold and what catastrophic,…
6 Months On
Six months ago today, 8 May 2021, the most catastrophic, earth shattering, heart-breaking event happened; my beautiful son took his last breath. I invite you to LIGHT a CANDLE in MEMORY of SAM this EVENING, take a photo and post it on our Facebook page to show your love and support for our…
Happy Halloween
Happy HALLOWEEN to all our wonderful Sam's Superheroes Supporters. We hope you a lovely day, and we thought this photo of Sam and Daisy will allow you to remember Sam today with a smile. Sam was 4 and half years old at the time.
It is from this time last year when Sam's daddy dressed Sam and…
Bitter Sweet Days
Today is a tough memory day, bitter sweet. Sam and I went on our last holiday together this time last year, with our very special friends Becky and her daughter Holly.
We went to Norfolk staying in a Safari tent for five days, and what a fabulous time we had. We were so lucky that it didn't get…