Archive - Scarred For Life

A Little Piece Inside Me Is Missing

I have written and self-published a children’s book called A Little Piece Inside Me Is Missing. It’s the story about a girl who learns that her…

Mar 7, 2023 •

February 2023

The best of the best!

My mom’s passing hit me incredibly hard. The reality that she was gone was just so difficult to comprehend. I just couldn’t understand how I was never…

Feb 8, 2023 •

January 2023

The year that changed my life forever!

Despite the global pandemic, in 2020 we were doing ok. I was tackling being in lockdown while working and homeschooling two kids. I had coped with one…

Jan 31, 2023 •

August 2022

We’re going home! 👏

We were finally discharged from Great Ormond Street hospital. We were so excited to be taking Zoe home. But I couldn't help wonder, would it have been…

Aug 27, 2022 •

She taught me what was really important

Things were starting to improve. Every day we could see our little girl's personality coming back. She was absolutely thriving and it felt like we were…

Aug 12, 2022 •

July 2022

My child, the addict!

Zoe was finally on the mend. But now the doctors needed to wean her off her medication. The only thing was, she was in withdrawal. She was sweating, had…

Jul 11, 2022 •

May 2022

Her eyes finally started to open

It's surprising how you forget normality when you are dealing with a stressful situation. My daughter had been in an induced coma for weeks. I hadn't…

May 4, 2022 •

January 2022

The deafening sound of the ICU alarm

Every time we heard the emergency alarm sound in the ICU, we breathed a sigh of relief. Thankfully it was never Zoe. This was until the one day when we…

Jan 12, 2022 •

We had no choice but to cope

We were awaiting Zoe's second surgery in a week. This time it was a risky, uncommon surgery. We had no real choice but to give our consent for the…

Jan 6, 2022 •

December 2021

Trying to find light in a darkened place

We were being hit with so much information. What was supposed to be a routine operation, was now flooded with concern, sympathetic head tilts and…

Dec 9, 2021 •

November 2021

We were only at the beginning

We were desperate to know how Zoe's surgery went. We were told it was a success but that there were complications. Her heart was repaired but there was…

Nov 8, 2021 •

October 2021

The first cut is the deepest

We were so excited for her surgery because after this her life could truly begin. We just needed this one obstacle to be out the way. However, something…

Oct 25, 2021 •

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