29/08/2025
When Lili was born at just 25 weeks, her mum Leah couldn’t have imagined what life would look like the next day, let alone a few years later.
Now two and a half, Lili is just like any other child her age - cheeky and full of love, according to Leah. 🥰
“She’s doing amazing thanks to the help of the whole team at Gold Coast University Hospital (GCUH), from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to paediatrics,” said Leah.
Lili was born a fighter, overcoming feeding and aspiration challenges during her more than 140 days in hospital.
“She had a long stint of horrific vomiting and feeding difficulties from day one, so when the speech pathology team did a swallow study and captured her aspirating, we finally discovered why she was having so much trouble.”
After months of thickened milk and tube feeding at the start of her aspiration journey, life is good, and Lili can swallow and enjoy her food.
“It wasn’t the outcome I was expecting when I went in at 23 weeks,” said Leah.
“We’ve come a long way thanks to the great care from our GCUH family who we still visit whenever we can.”
Find out more about aspiration here https://bit.ly/46aZMhN
