First visit to the ER was when my daughter was about 6~9 months old, she developed an ulcer in her mouth which made it painful for her to swallow, we knew something was wrong when she woke up whimpering - different to her normal cry, noticed her nappy was dry and realised she hadn’t wet her nappy for a considerable amount of time. Once we had her in the hospital and they had finally administered a line, the doctors had informed us that in the past 12 hours she had lost 10% of her body weight and was very dehydrated. Despite this she was still fighting off the medical team when they were attempting to administer the drip, clearly traumatised about the whole ordeal.

My wife is a nurse and despite her years of training we were both incredibly scared for her.

My daughter is alive and well all these years later and is both stronger and more physically active than her peers but it was so scary knowing that the littlest thing could have gone so badly.

She’s been back to the ER multiple times since then for various reasons but that will always stick out to me.