Hello dear friends. My name is Matteo Apollo Richmond Bator and I've had a really tough start to my life. But I am a little fighter! All my parents' joy of a newborn was lost in a tangle of emergency interventions and life support systems. No touching, no bonding, no visitors allowed. I don't want to be a burden on anyone. I will do my very best to make my own way in the world. I just don't know how much I will be able to achieve without a lot of special needs support. Perhaps you can help? *** My mummy, Nina Richmond Goring and I were both rushed into emergency the moment I was born on May 31st 2024. I couldn't breath, was reanimated several times and with my heart rate dropping was taken by twelve medics to the Zurich University Hospital neo natal and then the Children's Hospital ICU where I was the sickest child on the ward with endless tubes sticking in all parts of my tiny body. Mummy had surgery to save her life. My father Florian, and grandparents, Trevor Goring and Chris Richmond were terrified about losing us both. I have been on Morphine and a cocktail of eight other medications since day one, had two bone surgeries for Choanal Atresia under general anaesthetic and had feeding and oxygen tubes to keep me alive. I am scheduled for an unknown number of surgeries in the future depending on how things evolve and must be monitored on a regular basis once I am allowed to go home. The excellent doctors here say there are a lot of unknowns but that one thing is for sure, I will need a lot of help, many therapeutic treatments and a great deal of special needs care throughout my life. Some really compassionate colleagues of my grandfather Trevor have suggested setting up this LFEBridge page and my parents at this point would appreciate all the help they can get. Mummy is slowly recovering, puts a brave face on it all, ( as ballet dancers do) and is helping me as much as she can. My daddy plays music to me on his guitar and sings me lullabies. Please help us if you can. We will keep you posted about my development. My tiny heart is full of thanks to everyone who has helped me and my parents. With all the love of a new born child. Matteo.
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