Kandida Robertson

I went into Caboolture hospital the day before Evelyn was born with contractions, but all tests led doctors to believe I wasn’t in preterm labour until it was too late. She was born at 23 weeks and was unresponsive but fortunately they revived her. I had had a full placental abruption. A few hours later she was retrieved by Neo-rescue and taken to RBWH where she spent 120 days in NICU.

Evelyn weighed 550g, she had a small PDA, a grade 2 brain bleed, ROP and lung disease of prematurity. She spent a further 40 days at RBWH & Caboolture SCN before she was discharged home on oxygen. She was on oxygen for 22 months & discharged from physio around the same time. She is now a happy, healthy & mischievous almost 5-year-old.

As a Consumer Representative for Miracle Babies Foundation, I’d love the opportunity to help other parents get through their NICU journey.