In September last year our daughter Olivia was born. Complications during her delivery led to a brain injury, which resulted in her having seizures just hours after she was born. After a day in the York Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU), she was admitted to the Hull Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for further tests and treatment. She spent a week here before she was transferred back to York, and eventually was able to come home with us after a week and a half in intensive care.

The time we spent in Hull was incredibly stressful, but thanks to the facilities at the hospital we were able to stay on the ward with Olivia, which meant we were only seconds away from her. The staff at the hospital were absolutely amazing. Not only did they provide Olivia with the life-saving care she needed, they also fully supported us the entire time. They answered all our questions, reassured our worries and were generally just wonderful people.

No parent should have to go through what we did. Seeing my new born baby attached to a ventilator just hours after having given birth is an image that I will never be able to let go of. We are so grateful to everyone at Hull NICU and York SCBU and wanted to fundraise to give something back to them, to help other parents who find themselves in the horrific situation of their baby needing intensive care. That's why on the 19th October myself, my sister (Olivia's Auntie Em) and our dad (Olivia's Grandad) will be running the Yorkshire 10 Mile. Everything we raise will go to the Hull NICU to help other parents like us, and other babies like Olivia.

Olivia struggles slightly with the use of her left hand due to her injury on the right hand side of her brain, but despite all that she has been through she is the happiest, cheekiest little baby, her smiles and giggles light up the room.

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