Return to Chelsea

Joe Falcon moves back to the Chelsea and Westminster hospital 24 hours after his heart operation.

In a bold move, Aunty Mari, after being tipped off that he'd be moving from the Brompton ward that permits first line family to a Chelsea that only allows parents, gets up at 4am and drives from Manchester for a cuddle with our little avian hero.

As of this morning (Sat 27) he's been weaned off the ventalator and cpap - and has succesfully been breathing by himself all day.

Joe's moved to the Brompton hospital (for Cardiac and Lungs.)

However, he's been taken off his ventilator and onto CPAP - and then he gets a holiday from that.

For the first time, since his first few minutes after birth, we get to meet our son without his hat and pipe.

Joe - video post from Saturday - 21 Feb 2010

After 5 days of not opening his eyes - despite Mummy having him out on her lap every day, suddenly on Friday night he opened his eyes and came out to play.

He then spent most of Saturday doing the same, and demonstrated FOMO traits - fear of missing out - as he battled to stay awake eventually falling to sleep with one eye slightly open...