Jasmine Stalker-Firth

Jasmine is one today. I have cried a lot, tears of joy. Neil has been his usual lovely self, and has rubbed my back a lot. And Jasmine has been non-plussed by the whole event, even though she received loads of lovely cards and presents (thank you, everyone).

We only managed to get her to look at the first card, as shown in the picture here, that played music, and then she was permanently distracted by the envelopes and the lovely shiny wrapping paper. So in a few days time perhaps she will notice that she has lots more interesting things with which to play.

Jasmine loved the candle on her cake and kept trying to touch it, but didn’t want to taste the cake itself, so Neil and I had a little slice each (now there is only a little bit left).

There was a bit of a mix-up with our dialysis delivery on Saturday when it finally arrived, so Neil had to rush off to GOSH this afternoon to pick up more supplies, and when he came home he arrived with a gift from our lovely nurses for Jasmine’s birthday. Here she is modelling one of the hair ribbons, sitting next to her new teddies (she also got a cute hat and mitts but we will save those for another picture).

And finally, we keep this picture in a frame in our living room. It was taken after Jasmine arrived at Great Ormond St, once the team at Homerton had spent several hours making her stable enough to travel. Some lovely person in NICU took two pictures for which I was so grateful. I got to study my daughter whilst I was still at the Homerton and poor Neil was dashing back and forth between hospitals, after having had no sleep the night before.

So today, we remember and thank all the doctors, surgeons and nurses at Homerton on the first day and GOSH ever since, who took such great care (and continue to do so) of Jasmine and I. We remain eternally grateful and give thanks that such wonderful people exist. And we thank everyone who has thought of us, prayed for us, and shared with us over the past year. Thank you for all your love and support.

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