Doctors knew something wasn't right after a mum held her newborn baby just twice.
Megan Fletcher gave birth to her daughter Rosie on June 16 last year but held her just twice before she was rushed into the neonatal unit when she stopped crying. Doctors and nurses racked their brains as to why she wasn't crying properly. The 27-year-old mum-of-one told the ECHO: "She was born and they straight away knew something wasn't right because she just stopped crying.
"She was trying to cry but she couldn't get the oxygen in through her nose. They thought she had swallowed some fluid but then they realised she couldn't breathe through her nose so she was taken to Alder Hey by ambulance."
READ MORE: Connor Chapman charged with murder of Elle Edwards
Just three days after being born, Rosie was taken into surgery after doctors discovered she had been born with a condition called choanal atresia. Over the course of the following six months, Rosie was in and out of hospital as she struggled to breathe, although nursery nurse Megan, from Southport, revealed she is now a healthy seven-month-old.
She said: "She's such a cheerful little girl and loves meeting new people even though she's only a baby. He's a happy, chatty little girl and she's on the move all the time trying to crawl."
Megan continued: "Thankfully following the last successful procedure in December, Rosie is now just having follow-up in the outpatient clinic. We can’t thank Mr Sharma and his team enough for their superb help and outstanding support at all times during the last six months.
"We are super proud of our little girl who has continued to smile throughout this challenging time. Rosie has just celebrated her first Christmas with her family. She is fast developing into a thriving, happy and active little girl."
Speaking about the hardest part of the last seven months, Megan said: "Worrying about her all the time was hard. We would always be checking if her breathing was alright. The most difficult part was when me and my husband, Ben, had to stay at Alder Hey for two weeks and we were shown how to replace the tube in her nose while she was crying.
"She didn't know it was for the best. It was horrible."
Receive newsletters with the latest news, sport and what's on updates from the Liverpool ECHO by signing up here
Wetherspoons workers attacked after asking sex offender to leave
Dad cooking young son's tea horrified to as rat appears in kitchen next to him
Lisa Marie Presley, 54, dies after reports of cardiac arrest at her LA home
Woman sobs as she's jailed for sending messages to a dog on Facebook
