Charlie was born on 8 August 2009 with a 3lb tumour on the base of his spine and in his tummy. He immediately needed a nine hour operation to correct this and was in hospital for four weeks. Mum JulieAnn says, “Charlie was born weighing 8lb 8oz. Unbelievably, after the operation to remove the tumour he weighed only 5lb.

Charlie received lots of blood, plasma and platelets to help him recover. He is now a thriving beautiful baby. I’d like to express our heartfelt thanks to all the blood donors in Scotland, in particular O negative blood donors, as this is Charlie’s blood group.” Return to case studies >>