Ethan Eaves was admitted to hospital at five months and stayed there until he came home in the summer of 2020 at 18 months old, following his lifesaving transplant
For one boy, starting school tomorrow will be an extra special milestone.
Four-year-old Ethan Eaves had a heart transplant during lockdown after spending most of his young life hooked up to a mechanical heart machine. He was diagnosed with an enlarged heart at eight months old. Mum Roselelia said: “It’s a line we never thought we’d be saying without Ethan’s donor â âEthan starts school!’
“We all just can’t believe it that this poor baby who was confined to a bed, unable to run around or reach any milestones like other children, now has the chance to start school.” Now the family, from Luton, Beds, are looking forward to a bright future after little Ethan has come on leaps and bounds.
He was admitted to hospital at five months and stayed there until he came home in the summer of 2020 at 18 months, following his lifesaving transplant. He had been hooked up to a machine outside his body called a Berlin Heart. Roselelia, 38, said: “When we first sat him down in the living room on a changing mat, he leaned over and touched the carpet.