A mum has spoken of her battle with a children's hospital to be allowed to bring her baby home. Rowan-George Woodruff has been confined to a ward in Manchester Children's Hospital for much of his young life after being born with a condition in his throat called an atresia.
Rowan was forced to undergo a tracheotomy soon after birth after medics discovered that he was born with no upper airway or windpipe The rare condition meant that doctors had to construct an airway using his ribcage and through his voice box.
Ashleigh Bamber, 28, has told of her "absolute hell" over the past year as she has battled to get her son home as medics have insisted that he needs constant monitoring and two-to-one care at all times. The mum of two believes that doctors are 'scared' to discharge him and previously telling Ashleigh her baby could return home with a care package in place.
