Brave Teddy's lesson in beating the odds
Sunday Express|September 08, 2024
BPROUD parents Kirsty and Nigel Luke were overcome with joy watching their son Teddy head into school for the first time – a day they feared would never happen.
Matthew Barbour
Brave Teddy's lesson in beating the odds

They admit having lost count of the number of times they said “goodbye” to the little lad as he endured a series of open-heart surgeries – including eight hours on the operating table shortly after his birth.

Before Teddy was born, scans showed he had a brain condition but this turned into a seemingly endless list of life-threatening problems with his heart – caused by an incurable genetic condition so rare only one in 40 million have it.

The surgery after his birth was to reverse a lack of blood flow caused by two holes, an interrupted aortic arch, a malformed bicuspid valve and aortic stenosis in his heart.

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