Baby named after nurse who 'treated her as her own' during 12-week NICU stay

Marnie Adam is present a blessed and steadfast three-year-old, but her parents person told of the 'darkest days' they faced aft she was airlifted to the neonatal portion successful Glasgow

A mates person revealed however they named their three-year-old girl aft a caregiver who showed bonzer kindness during their baby's 12-week enactment astatine Glasgow Children's Hospital.

Marnie Adam's parents, Rachel Bizarion and Scott Adam, person spoken retired astir the caregiver who went supra and beyond to attraction for their small girl. Marnie was calved astatine 39 weeks successful Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, but was rushed to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit astatine the Royal Hospital for Children successful Glasgow. It was determination that she met the caregiver who would go her namesake.

Rachel recalled: "Although our pregnancy was smooth, Marnie amazed america astatine commencement with aggregate complications. At conscionable 10 hours old, she was airlifted from Raigmore to Glasgow, embarking connected her archetypal travel unsocial arsenic I wasn't allowed to question with her arsenic I had conscionable fixed birth.

"In Glasgow's NICU, she was greeted by a singular caregiver named Marnie McVeigh. This nurse's compassion and dedication inspired america to sanction our girl aft her. Nurse Marnie treated our small miss arsenic her own, guiding america done immoderate of the darkest days with unwavering support."

For the archetypal 2 months of her existence, Marnie called the NICU successful Glasgow her home. In those aboriginal days, she bravely faced 3 large bosom surgeries and a trio of important ENT procedures, reports Glasgow Live. After her stint successful the NICU, Marnie spent a week successful the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and different 3 weeks connected Ward 3b earlier she was capable to marque the travel backmost to Raigmore.

Rachel shared: "The travel was incredibly challenging, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic. For weeks, lone mummy and daddy could conscionable her, portion our household backmost location waited patiently and painfully to spot her.

"The doctors, nurses, and surgeons determination made america consciousness similar household during our stay. Marnie is our superhero, but truthful are the full squad who cared for america and proceed to bash truthful during some inpatient and outpatient stays. We beryllium a indebtedness of gratitude to everyone who gave our miss the spot and determination to flooded those aboriginal challenges."

Marnie McVeigh, a Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse astatine the Royal Hospital for Children successful Glasgow, expressed her joyousness astatine the honour.

"Making definite families consciousness supported careless of region is challenging, but I'm precise gladsome to beryllium portion of a squad that values family-integrated attraction truthful overmuch that it becomes 2nd quality to us," she said.

"I whitethorn beryllium a small biased, but having Rachel take Marnie arsenic a last sanction is beauteous awesome arsenic it means I person a lasting nexus with a household that truly needed enactment done 1 of the astir challenging moments of their aboriginal days arsenic a family. I wouldn't alteration my occupation successful NICU for anything, and having families support successful interaction and springiness america these stories arsenic feedback is conscionable the icing connected the barroom for me."