On the 9th September 2021 my beautiful nephew Ted was born. Soon after arriving in the world, we found out that there was a problem with his heart, later diagnosed as hypoplastic left heart syndrome. A rare congenital heart defect, it meant that the left side of Ted’s heart was severely underdeveloped.

Ted lived for 11 days.

A week of his life was spent at Christophers, one of the Shooting Star Children's Hospices.

Christopher’s gave us the opportunity to create incredible memories with Ted in the most supportive and calm environment. What we all thought would be such a dark time, on the whole was the opposite - it was so special and are the memories that bring so much comfort when grief gets heavy.

I hope no one has to go through what we did but if you do, you need these services. The staff and settings that Shooting Star's offer are incredible and money raised really does make such a difference to a child and their families.

Please give what you can as I take on this challenge and bring Ted with me on another adventure. Our beautiful bear, with us always 🐻 🤍.