Georgia’s son was just a bub when he experienced health problems
Georgia, 30, Canberra, ACT
Cradling my baby son, Arlo, I waited for the doctor to see us.
It was July 2017, and my five-week-old boy was sick with a viral infection, so I’d taken him to hospital.
Along with a high temperature, Arlo also had high-pitched breathing, so he’d been looked over by several specialists.
‘Arlo has laryngomalacia. It’s a condition that affects the tissue of the voice box. This is why his breathing is high-pitched,’ the doctor explained to me.
I was told that Arlo would grow out of it, but it would affect his breathing and feeding.
Back at home, where I lived with my parents, Kerry, then 59, and Kevin, 62, I told them the news.…
