Once again John walked out of the hospital a new dad, this time to a beautiful little girl. A precious daughter gaining strength in the NICU, a precious daughter with her mother’s lips, her hair, her ears.
But as he returned to the car, he remembered his wife’s suitcase was packed in the boot. It would never be used. Nor would the sewing machine she’d been working with to prepare for the baby’s birth.
Imogen died in hospital on Friday evening, some 17 hours after her daughter was born via emergency cesarean.
The Gold Coast woman had presented with an ear infection, but ultimately bacteria travelled to her brain causing what doctor’s described as “catastrophic brain damage”.
As John wrote on Facebook, “Every single plan we had…erased. She was my help, and now she’s gone.”