Our beautiful baby boy Lucas, was born at 37 weeks, on Wednesday 22nd March 2023 weighing 7.5lbs. With a thick mop of dark brown hair and the most beautiful long fingers, he was just perfect. He made our daughter, Eleanor, a big sister and she is quite rightly, very proud of her little brother.

Having raised money for Southampton NICU where we have been able to renovate one of their bereavement rooms, we are now raising money for a charity very close to our hearts. Teddy's Wish is a brilliant charity that provides support for grieving families following the loss of a baby. They also fund research into the causes behind SIDS, neonatal death and stillbirth. They have helped us hugely since Lucas died from arranging and funding bereavement counselling sessions to a fully funded retreat for bereaved parents. We desperately want to be able to fund a retreat for other bereaved parents and that cost in the region of £6,000. You can read about them here https://www.teddyswish.org/

We have many things planned to raise money for Teddy's Wish including a Family Fun Day in September.

One of our brilliant regular Year 7 boarders, Freddie, is also running the length of the Isle of Skye (50 miles) in the garden! He’s going to run 2.5km a day for 32 days. He has called the challenge “The Skye’s The Limit”!

For those who may not know about Lucas' story, you can read about our strong little boy below. However, a very gentle warning that it may be upsetting to read.

Thank you so much, as always, for your support. We could not do this without you all.

Tom, Fran, Eleanor and Lucas x

#LWGC #LUCASLEGACY

💫 About little Lucas 💫

Shortly after Lucas was born he had to be taken immediately to NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) due to breathing complications and concerns regarding his airway which meant we were unable to meet him straight away. That evening we were told Lucas would need a life-saving operation the following morning to repair a tracheoesophageal fistula. Our little fighter battled through the night and survived the operation to repair the abnormal connection between his oesophagus and trachea. Lucas remained stable during this time and although it took longer than we had all hoped, much to the amazement of the wonderful consultants our little fighter made small amounts of progress. He gave us hope. The two days that followed were his best two days and our little monkey even wriggled his little fingers for his mummy. However, our brave little boy was tired and just too poorly. Our little boy died peacefully on March 30th 2023 and without pain at just 8 days old. His favourite story was 'On the night you were born', it's a wonderful book if ever you come across it.

No one was prouder than his big sister, Eleanor, who read to him daily, helped the nurses care for him, drew pictures for his bedside and finally got the cuddle she'd been desperate for since the day he was born.