Tiny Dumbarton tot to spend Christmas recovering at Great Ormond Street Hospital

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The parents of a baby boy born with a heart defect are preparing to spend his first Christmas at a London children’s hospital while he recovers from major surgery.Little Kayden John Thursby was born in Queen Elizabeth University Hospital on December 8 after being diagnosed with unbalanced AVSD at mum Shannon’s 20-week scan.The tiny newborn was flown to Great Ormond Street Hospital days after his birth for open heart surgery, which was due to take place yesterday for up to eight hours.It’s been an agonising time for Shannon, 27, and dad Christopher, 28, who are preparing to spend his first Christmas at the London hospital, where big brother Kian, seven, insisted his little brother’s cot was decorated with fairy lights while he recovers.Speaking to the Lennox Herald, mum Shannon told how the situation has been “heartbreaking”, with the family desperate to be back at their Brucehill home together.She said: “Kayden was diagnosed when I was pregnant at my 20-week scan.

It was such a stressful time as I had never heard of the condition before.“We went to all of the appointments and there was so much information each time, and we were told that London would be a possible place for treatment.“It has been a long journey with multiple scans at fetal medicine in Glasgow QEUH where there was loads of discussion about what surgeries will be done to get our boy well.“On Thursday, December 8, Kayden was born by c-section at 11.15am weighing 7lb 6oz and was taken straight to NICU in QEUH.“He was put straight onto a medication to help keep a valve open that usually closes on new born babies but Kayden needs his open to help with the blood flow.“He had a small procedure done in theatre to help fix the line for his blood and medication.