Scots mum of girl born with organs 'outside her body' takes up nursing after being inspired by horror condition

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A Scots mum has been inspired to become a nurse after seeing her baby daughter bravely battle a condition where he organs 'lived outside her body'.Nursing student Paige Reid, 30, hopes she can help other new parents cope with the "anxiety and fear" of their baby being in hospital, after her daughter Lucy Lidell spent five weeks in a specialist neonatal ward after being born.Lucy, now 5, was born prematurely at 32 weeks after being diagnosed with Gastroschisis, a condition where her organs lived outside her body.Paige, from Motherwell, was given regular scans to monitor her daughter's progress but as she entered her final trimester, she became worried as Lucy's movements were limited.

Medics at the Queen Elizabeth Maternity Unit took the decision to deliver Lucy earlier than planned and she was then kept in for more than a month for treatment.

Paige, who worked as a care assistant before deciding to take the plunge into nursing, hopes she can one day be like the heroic team who treated Lucy.She said: "I was at the neonatal ward first thing in the morning and left late at night.

The nurses in the ward were unbelievable to our family. They really looked after us. "It was at that moment, I decided I wanted to be a neonatal nurse.