This afternoon, we are being joined by Amy from Heart Heroes for our assembly.  Please come along if you can. Amy will be telling us all about the work of this fabulous charity and will explain how the money we raise during our ‘Wear Red’ day on Friday will help with the work they do.

https://www.justgiving.com/page/andoversford-primary-school-1706269301348

Sophie’s story:

“We found out early on in pregnancy that there was an issue with Sophie as they found a thickening on the back of her neck. We were sent to St Michaels in Bristol for more in-depth scans which is where we first found out that Sophie had a condition called tetraology of fallot. We had regular scans and Sophie was born via c-section at 37+2 weeks. We were told she would require open heart surgery at some point. Firstly Sophie required a stent to be fitted via her groin. It worked really well for months but unfortunately she required a further stent to be fitted as she outgrew the first one.  This helped her to grow ready for her full repair at 18 months old. On 17^th August 2018 we had our normal Friday weigh in and SATS check by our community nurse. Sophie’s SATS were abnormal for her so she told us to go to Musgrove where we had open access to get her checked over.  Little did we know that later that day we would be whisked to Bristol Children’s Hospital by the watch team.  Bristol managed to stabilise Sophie overnight but on the Saturday, her SATS kept dropping and it was decided that she needed her repair. All the team were called in and Sophie was taken for her operation at 10pm. We had a long wait in the parent’s room and Sophie finally came out at 4am on Sunday morning. My first thought on seeing Sophie apart from relief that she was ok was I truly didn’t realise how blue she was before her repair. Sophie is now 3 years old and full of energy and life. She loves the outdoors and getting crafty”.