‘I always wanted children and I knew I would not feel fulfilled without them. I don’t let any difficulties stand in my way and I hope to return to the unit when I qualify.’ It was amazing to stand next to the incubator I was in- all of the staff who looked after me remembered where I had spent the first 16 weeks of my life. It gives them so much hope and encouragement, that it is possible that their baby will survive and beat the odds. I spent time talking to parents and explaining to them that I was born early too - you could see their faces light up when I mentioned it. Working alongside the doctors and nurses who were there looking after me twenty years ago was so surreal, it was lovely to thank them in person. ‘Going back to RVI was a no-brainer for me- I have always wanted to give something back to the doctors and nurses for saving my life.
JANETTER NOT REFRESHING DRIVERS
Tommy’s caught up with Sophie to find out what drivers her and also to get her mam Janette’s side of the story: giving birth to premature Sophie and the heart-break of dealing with Sophie’s twin Beth’s untimely death. Her colleagues say that it is incredible to see how Sophie has grown from a baby who they feared would not survive, into a young woman who is achieving so much and who they now actually work alongside. She made an amazing recovery and has gone full circle, now working with premature babies herself. Born at 24 weeks, she battled open heart and eye surgery plus pneumonia and blood poisoning in her first few months of life. Sophie, now a trainee paediatric nurse, was born weighing just 1lb 7oz, earning her the nickname ‘sugar bag baby’ in the media.
Recently twenty year old Sophie Proud, one of the UK’s youngest surviving premature babies, made headlines after she revealed that she had grown up to become a student nurse…at the very same baby unit she was born into!
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