Staring down at their baby daughter hooked up to a ventilator fighting for life, Tiffany and Matthew Bushell were in a nightmare repeating itself.
Just 18 months earlier they had helplessly watched as their first daughter Ruby lost her battle to survive after being born at just 24 weeks and three days.
And now, their second baby girl, Millie, was facing the same battle after being born even more premature at 23 weeks and six days, weighing less than a bag of rice and with a huge hole in her heart.
Matthew recalls: “I was in pilot mode going through the motions, thinking please not again.” But despite the odds, after five weeks on a ventilator Millie pulled through.
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