James William Shaw was born on 21st September 2016, followed three minutes later by his sister Isabel. Both twins were thriving at home. Then, at just 5.5 weeks old Jimmy became suddenly, unexpectedly and devastatingly unwell with presumed sepsis (an uncontrolled infection) and a complicating blood clot to his bowel. Despite the determined efforts of our local hospital, the Children's Acute Transfer Service (CATS) and ultimately Great Ormond Street Hospital Intensive Care Unit, Jimmy could not be saved. He died in two days
after becoming unwell, covered in the kisses of his mummy and daddy, who told
him how loved he was. It is beyond words how traumatised they were left by seeing
Jimmy so desperately sick and how bereft his death left them, their hearts were
truly broken. Then, three weeks after Jimmy died, and just two days after they
had buried him, his twin sister Izzy too became unwell with an unrelated
condition. Within 24 hours Izzy was undergoing emergency, life-or-death surgery at Great Ormond Street. They genuinely believed that they were going to lose a second child that day. Thankfully, Izzy's surgery was successful and she recovered.


Very soon after these experiences, Jimmy's parent became resolved on trying to repay some of their perceived incalculable debt to GOSH, nurture something positive out of such
a tragic loss and continue to strive to keep Jimmy’s memory alive. They are
pulling together an army of impossibly loyal family and friends to join in
fundraising a hugely ambitious amount for GOSH, specifically in Jimmy’s name,
as his legacy. They need to raise £107,649 to buy two much needed new ventilators
for their CATS ambulance service. Please donate what you can, and wish me luck! 



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