'I didn't know what to expect, but when we heard him cry, it was amazing. I think he shocked himself as well.'
This is the heartwarming moment Ríogán Peoples' parents heard his cry for the first time in one year, since being fitted with a tracheostomy.
"Everything was absolutely fine for about 20 minutes and then he started having noisy breathing," the Lagmore woman said. "The doctors took him to theatre for another scope to decide if he needed a tracheotomy or not, and they said at that point that he didn't. We thought this was great, and we thought we could bring him home with oxygen and we would tube feed him.
Niamh admitted that at the beginning, the information and experience was overwhelming, leaving her with lots of questions. She soon set up My Trache Journey, an Instagram page to allow those online to have an insight into Ríogán's journey. "I started the page and started to follow the relevant hashtags and pages of babies and kids who had traches. I also wanted to spread awareness because I had heard the word trache before but I had never seen one face-to-face before.
Speaking about the moment she heard her son's cry again, after almost 12 months, Niamh said she went to the appointment with no expectations, as she knew it may not have been successful.
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