Nikki's son Tommy had a short life — just five months. But in that time he had an impact that travelled far beyond his loving family.
"He had a smile like nothing else," the 42-year-old from Sydney says.His life was short — just five months — but in that time Tommy had an impact that travelled far beyond his loving family.
There is a three-stage palliation surgery they do for that. It's an operation at four days old, four months old, and around four years. I knew there was not much chance Tommy would breastfeed, but to me that wasn't necessarily important.Then he developed a complication where he couldn't have fat in the diet, so he needed a special type of formula.I bought a machine from Ukraine — a milk-cream separator.
I held him in a way I'd been dreaming of holding him the whole time: laying on his tummy, on my chest.What Tommy's life meantOur smiley boy.
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