I had a very good, easy pregnancy, with no issues at all, but at 25 weeks I haemorrhaged and was rushed into hospital. Jack was delivered by emergency caesarean section at 25 weeks and two days, weighing just 1lb 15oz. Jack needed oxygen, help with his breathing and feeding tubes to survive. He suffered a collapsed lung and brain bleeds and contracted the potentially deadly bowel infection necrotising enterocolitis (NEC). After life-saving surgery in the middle of the night, Jack went on to endure many serious health problems and spent four and a half months in hospital before he was finally allowed home. Now almost four years old, Jack has experienced some developmental delay. He has chronic lung disease due to the oxygen he needed in his early months and there are concerns about his eyes. He may be affected by epilepsy due to the brain bleeds he suffered as a newborn baby. Without research, we wouldn't have medical advances, and Jack probably wouldn't be here, we are so lucky to have him. There's no stopping him!

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