Milla was born with a Congenital Heart Defect called Tetralogy of Fallot. She had a BT shunt placed at 2 months & her full repair at 11 months, both surgeries done at RCH by the amazing Dr Yves D’Udekem. In October 2016 Milla became unwell with fevers and vomiting. Our GP called an ambulance and she was rushed to RCH emergency. Within 25 mins she was transferred to ICU to be intubated. During preparation for intubation Milla went into cardiac arrest. The ICU team were able to quickly resuscitate her and she was placed onto an ECMO machine, which she stayed on for 5 days.

This gave Milla’s heart & lungs time to rest & recover, before they let her heart do the work on its own. We will be forever grateful for all the work the surgeons, doctors, & nursers did for our baby girl and we are so very thankful we have the RCH in our city. We are extremely lucky. It is for these reasons we will do everything we can do raise funds for the Good Friday Appeal. We have our own personal everyday hero page & sharing Milla’s story with our friends and families and asking kindly for donations. I am also planning a Trivia night at my work, with all funds raised being donated to the Good Friday Appeal. We thank everyone single person that looked after our daughter.