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On Thursday 3rd Jan, whilst having a cuddle with Jo, Mia decided to stop breathing. Twice. After 93 days you think you might have experienced everything? Highlights since the last blog include… Having a show of hands when Thomas went for his MRI scan as to whether he should have the express (3 min) or […]

In the final weeks of December 2003, Jo’s mother Ann discovered she had leukaemia. She didn’t tell Jo and Tony until after Christmas as she didn’t want to “Spoil it” for her children. Most of 2004 was spent under this shadow but with Ann finally looking to be on the mend, a secondary infection took […]

“Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man” As many of you read this (wishful thinking) I will hopefully have just cuddled my son Thomas for the first time, a mere 46 days (1,100 hours) or 792,00 heartbeats (Twintime ™) since he was born and yet like his […]

“Mighty oaks from little acorns grow”. I suppose this phrase could usefully sum up the journey that lies ahead for Thomas and Mia. By the time they reach adult life they may easily be a hundred times heavier than their birth weights. As they grow bigger and stronger they will increase their shadow on the […]

Before all this kicked off we took Thomas & Mia, in-vitro, on our annual family holiday. This year we had decided to navigate the Cheshire ring on a narrow boat, something none of us had ever done before. As usual for me, I had planned an itinerary that was in hindsight too much. In order […]

“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning”. Winston Churchill For this my third and hopefully final blog, we are slowly settling back to the mediocrity of normal life. I am sat here in my office, drinking a brew […]

“If I could make a wish, I think I’d pass. Can’t think of anything I need”. I believe that “The Air That I Breathe” by The Hollies is the most perfect pop song every recorded.Those 2 lines penned by Albert Hammond sum up the love I feel for Jo & my family better than any […]

I am lying in bed at 5am brushing away waves of tears because the adrenaline has finally worn off. What a day Friday 5th October 2012 turned out to be. So much happened that is almost impossible to recount. It felt like we had entered some kind of interactive episode of ER and they had […]