Henry’s ordeal can aid others

It would have been easy for the Sarah Fletcher and her family to have breathed a sigh of relief and got on with their lives. And who would have blamed them?

Having been put through what they describe as “the scariest time” of their lives, they had every right to go off and enjoy every precious minute of family life.

But it is to their huge credit that they used the traumatic experience they suffered to help others.

As mum Sarah reveals today, their boy Henry ended up in intensive care after testing positive for Group Strep B which led to him developing sepsis.

Having already been a mum and prepared for most birthing problems, she tells us today how she knew little of Group Strep B and vowed to fight for support for other mums who could end up facing the same trauma she did.

And what a horrible situation she found herself in.

She had a difficult birth with Henry, then was told he had tested positive for the condition, ending up in intensive care on oxygen and being fed through a tube.

It is a life-threatening condition, but he pulled through, getting the allclear on any potential brain damage.

After her ordeal she vowed to work to make sure others didn’t have to suffer like her family.

“If by raising awareness and preventing this happening even to one baby and their family then I feel that what I am doing will have been all worthwhile,” she told us.

Thanks to her efforts, expectant mothers are now going to be routinely given information on this condition that could save a life. A brilliant outcome for all.

Thanks Sarah, your efforts really have been worthwhile. Well done.