Scots mum's 'agony' as premature baby daughter dies at 31 days old from bowel condition
dailyrecord.co.ukA Scots mum has spoken of her heartache at losing her newborn baby daughter, as her son prepares to run a mini-marathon as a tribute.Heather Ellis, 32, and partner David Stenhouse from Musselburgh, East Lothian tragically lost their daughter Lindsay at just 31 days old after she was diagnosed with Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC).
Lindsay was born 12 weeks premature on August 11, 2022 and died on September 4 at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.Describing grief as "like a wave", Heather is now trying to raise awareness of the condition to help others in her situation, reports Edinburgh Live.
Heather's son Eli, 11, is now running to raise donations for the Edinburgh charity Held in Our Hearts, which supported the family in their time of need.Heather said: "It's still very raw.
With her tiny bowels, once it set in, there was no going back. The hospital wanted to perform an ileostomy to see if they could fit a stoma bag and see if they could retain some of her intestines."But when they took her for the operation, there was nothing left, none of her small bowel left, it was all gone.
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