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Sam's Fires Diary - Day 15
Day 15 of Sam's FIRES Diary
Tuesday 6 April 2021
Creating Awareness of Febrile Infection Related Epilepsy Syndrome (FIRES)
Location: Nottingham Queens Medical Centre, Paediatric Critical Care Unit
Extracts taken from diary and text updates sent to family and friends.
10am…
Sam's Fires Diary - Day 14
Day 14 of Sam's FIRES Diary
Monday 5 April 2021
Location: Nottingham Queens Medical Centre, Paediatric Critical Care Unit
Extracts taken from diary and text updates sent to family and friends.
Just a short diary update for today.
12pm Sam had a stable night which I am…
Sam's Fires Diary - Day 13
Day 13 of Sam's FIRES Diary
Thursday 4 April 2021
Location: Nottingham Queens Medical Centre, Paediatric Critical Care Unit
Extracts taken from diary and text updates sent to family and friends.
10am My sister and mum came over early this morning. We woke up to the news that…
Sam's Fires Diary - Day 12
Day 12 of Sam's FIRES Diary
Wednesday 3 April 2021
Location: Nottingham Queens Medical Centre, Paediatric Critical Care Unit
Extracts taken from diary and text updates sent to family and friends.
12pm It’s a big day today, plasma exchange day. I woke up with a bit of hope in…
Sam's Fires Diary - Day 11
Day 11 of Sam's FIRES Diary
Tuesday 2 April 2021
Location: Nottingham Queens Medical Centre, Paediatric Critical Care Unit
Extracts taken from diary and text updates sent to family and friends.
12pm Sam has one of our favourite nurses on today. He was very up and down last…
Sam's Fires Diary - Day 10
Day 10 of Sam's FIRES Diary
Tuesday 1 April 2021
Location: Nottingham Queens Medical Centre, Paediatric Critical Care Unit
Extracts taken from diary and text updates sent to family and friends.
7am I got to bed around midnight last night. Waking up is incredibly painful. The…
Sam's Fires Diary - Day 9
Day 9 of Sam's FIRES Diary
Tuesday 31 March 2021
Location: Nottingham Queens Medical Centre, Paediatric Critical Care Unit
Extracts taken from diary and text updates sent to family and friends.
11am As usual I woke up feeling incredibly anxious. I feel I am in a permanent state…
Sam's Fires Diary - Day 8
Day 8 of Sam's FIRES Diary
- Tuesday 30 March 2021
Location: Nottingham Queens Medical Centre, Paediatric Critical Care Unit
Extracts taken from diary and text updates sent to family and friends.
8am I got to bed around midnight. I woke up feeling incredibly anxious. I actually…
Sam's Fires Diary - Day 7
Day 7 of Sam's FIRES Diary
- Monday 29 March 2021
Location: Nottingham Queens Medical Centre, Paediatric Critical Care Unit
Extracts taken from diary and text updates sent to family and friends.
9am Woke up feeling sick with nerves. Today is a big day as Sam is due to have his…
Day 2
A Mother's Love
- Day 2: Wednesday 24 March 2021
Location: Nottingham Queens Medical Centre, Paediatric Critical Care Unit
09:30 Last night was not great for Sam. He is still having seizures, but they are trying different medications to get on top of them. However, they initially…
Sam's Fight, Three Years On
OUR PERFECT LIFE
Three years ago today at 8pm, was when my perfect, yet ordinary family life was blown apart and changed forever in the most tragic of ways. That morning when my son Sam and I woke up we were totally oblivious to how our day would unfold and what catastrophic,…
One Year On: Part 1 'Hope'
One Year On: Part 1 'Hope'
This time last year was the final week of Sam’s life. I just wanted to reflect on Sam’s life and his time in hospital. The first part of my blog this week will focus on Sam’s courageous fight during his last week, and how hope was so important to us. Part 2 will…
