Laura and Adams skydive

Laura and Adam will be doing a charity skydive on the 5th of April 2025 in memory of Laura’s beautiful granddaughter Isobella who sadly passed away on the 8th of October at 8 weeks old she had under gone open heart surgery at just 7 weeks old due to be been diagnosed with hypo plastic left heart syndrome.Forever in our hearts.On the 22nd of March we will be doing charity skydive for the British Heart Foundation in honour of our precious baby girl, Isobella. As many of you know, we tragically lost Isobella on the 8th of October, 2024, when she was just 8 weeks old.

When I gave birth to Isobella, Tom and I had no idea of the challenges she would face. Our world changed overnight when we were told she had hypoplastic left heart syndrome—a condition where the left side of her heart is severely underdeveloped. This meant she would need multiple open-heart surgeries throughout her life just to survive.

In the 8 weeks that Isobella was with us, she underwent two keyhole surgeries through her groin to buy her some time to grow. After reaching a weight of 6 pounds, we were told she was ready for life-saving open-heart surgery.

Isobella fought through that gruelling 12-hour surgery and, incredibly, made it through. We were admitted to the intensive care unit, where Tom and I spent an agonising week, praying to hold our baby and hoping she would recover. Day by day, we waited, holding on to hope, longing for even the smallest sign of progress—something that would bring us closer to having her home.

But on the 8th of October, the day she could fight no longer, we lost our darling girl. It still feels like a blur to me, as everything changed in such a short space of time. After everything Isobella had been through, her tiny body couldn’t take any more.

I think about her every day. I think about the “what ifs” and wonder what we would be doing if she was still her.

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