Bidford charity cricket match raises £2,000 for Birmingham Women’s Hospital after staff saved son nine years ago
A YOUNG mum from Bidford and her husband have expressed eternal thanks to nursing staff who saved their new-born baby boy as he clung to life during a frightening four-day ordeal in intensive care.
Sophie and Chris Drinkwater, now have a healthy nine-year-old son called, Keaton, who loves his football and supports Coventry City and Manchester city but nine years ago it was the doctors and nurses at Birmingham Women’s Hospital who worked round the clock to make sure Keaton survived after they suddenly couldn’t find his heartbeat.
Sophie, now 35, was 31 weeks pregnant when she was admitted to Birmingham Women’s Hospital for treatment to a trapped kidney stone due to her kidney condition but when doctors made the alarming discovery about Keaton’s heartbeat they immediately performed a category 1 caesarean birth because there was a real threat to the life of both mum and baby.
“Keaton was resuscitated at birth and then transferred straight to the neonatal unit where he was intubated on a continuous positive airway pressure machine and diagnosed with respiratory distress and had two days of mechanical ventilation, three days of airway pressure and two days of oxygen therapy. He also received endotracheal intubation, nasogastric tube insertion and phototherapy,” Sophie said.
Keaton was to have four days of intensive care and five days of special care in the neonatal unit at Birmingham until he was transferred to Redditch Hospital where the family stayed until he was strong enough to go home.
Sophie and Chris have nothing but praise for the actions of the nursing staff who saved Keaton’s life and as a result the couple hosted a charity cricket match at Bidford Cricket Club and raised £2,000 last weekend.
