hyper-ventilating. I didn’t know what to do,” said Natalie, whose husband Christopher was granted special permission to be by her side while their baby was in theatre. “After around 40 minutes, they told us Max had the chest drain in and was on a ventilator to help him breathe.
He had a device over his mouth. There were lots of wires. It was really upsetting to see.”After three days, it became clear that the drain was hindering rather than aiding Max’s progress, and medics made three failed attempts to remove it.Sign up for the new Lanarkshire newsletter!From the latest breaking news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox.Put your email at the top of this article or follow the instructions on this link.Being without.