‘My son’s heart was the size of a walnut when he was rushed into surgery at 10 days old – I was terrified’

Eddison Watts, now seven, was born with a congenital heart defect called Tetralogy of Fallot - (Jo Watts/British Heart Foundation)

A mother has recalled the fear she felt when her son was rushed into surgery at just 10 days old – with a tiny heart the size of a walnut.

Eddison Watts, from Norwich, was diagnosed with a heart defect called Tetralogy of Fallot during his mother’s pregnancy, where blood would not flow around his body properly.