Tom has put  up an amazing fight and has overcome all the challenges he has faced on his journey, and we are all so very proud of him. Having spent almost 8 months in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at The Royal Women's Hospital, Tom progressed closer to the exit door where he resided in Special Care for 6 weeks and then he was shown the door!!

290 days later, having survived CMV , PPROM from 17 weeks and being born at 29 +2 weeks, Tom came home! He is on home oxygen and has a Nasal Gastric tube for feeding and is an outpatient of the Royal Children's Hospital. In an unquantifiable amount of time, Tom will no longer require additional oxygen. Tom has happily made the transition to home, where he is currently keeping his parents on their toes!  We got there!!!

The aim of this web site is to keep people who have followed Tom's journey up to date with his progress, both now and in the future.

Tom has had an amazing team of doctors and nurses looking after him since his birth, a team that Jen and I have named "Team Tom". He is such a lucky boy to have had such a wonderful group of dedicated, loving and caring people looking after him. The care that the nurses provide for Tom has lead to a stable loving normal little boy who adores his carers.

25th March 2009 - Tom came home!!!!

Tom's first photo without tubes since July 08 - a brief glimpse of the future!!