On January 28, overjoyed parents Liz Stapleton and Steven Blackhurst from Kirkby were preparing to take their beautiful newborn son Tobias home from the hospital.
The couple were 'over the moon' as they held the 7lbs 13oz little boy who had been born by planned C-section.
But as a midwife carried out routine final checks on the newborn she noticed a problem that would change the course of their lives forever.