Grieving Scots mum hails 'kindness of strangers' after nine-month-old baby dies
dailyrecord.co.ukThe parents of a Scots baby who died at just nine-months-old have told how the kindness of strangers got them through the loss of their child.
Little Jamie Elliot was born in December 2018 with a number of severe complications, including fluid where his cerebellum should have been as well as hearing and sight loss.Parents Fiona, 35, and Martin, 36, from Edinburgh, were warned that the youngster was unlikely to survive to adulthood and would never walk or talk.
But after exhausting all treatment options, baby Jamie passed away peacefully at the city’s Kids Hospital in August the following year.In the hours after his death, they were given three stuffed toy elephants which had been knitted by volunteers for the Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity (ECHC) - a gesture which helped them realise they weren't alone.
The couple are now backing a new appeal run by the charity called 'Never Forget' which funds memory making activities like hand and foot casts, charms and personal quilts.
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