A North Shields family are breathing a sigh of relief after a terrifying July which saw seven-month-old baby Aurelia undergo complex heart surgery and spend more than a week sedated after she was diagnosed with a rare life-threatening heart condition.
Mum Megan Ramsey, 29, was devastated when her "mother's intuition" proved correct and Aurelia - who is an identical twin - became more and more ill with a condition called Tetralogy of Fallot. Aurelia was diagnosed with a heart murmur soon after her birth, but medics did not see signs of any further medical issues.
Open-heart surgery at the Freeman Hospital - carried out by Fabrizio De Rita - has saved her life. In a remarkable coincidence, 23 years ago when Megan herself was just six she too saw her live saved my the cardiothoracic team at the Freeman. And she too spent time at the Freeman's ward 23.
