Gemma Rimmer, 28, Liverpool
Are you ready
Ô to meet your baby brother?’ my husband Kevin, then 25, asked Joel, 2.
He nodded and peered at the bundle in my arms.
‘His name’s Jacob,’
I smiled.
That moment was everything I’d pictured. Our little family, complete.
It was August 2015 and two days later, we brought Jacob home.
He was happy, healthy.
But, within 48 hours, that changed.
He stopped latching on, had trouble feeding. Then, as
Kevin went to change him, he went limp.
‘Gemma, call an ambulance!’ he yelled.
Whisked to Alder
Hey Hospital, Jacob was admitted to Intensive Care. They ran tests, gave him two lumbar punctures.
Two days later, we got the results.
‘Jacob has non-ketotic hyperglycinemia,’ docs said.
‘NKH is a rare, genetic, metabolic disorder…
