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Bailey when he was three days old, in his incubator having phototherepy. Bailey was born on Febuary 11 1998 at 25 weeks gestation weighing in at a massive 676gms !!! At the time this was taken he was on C.P.A.P. you can tell how small he is with my hand beside him. He made it thru the prem ordeal with only Chronic Lung disease that still gives him trouble and also developmental delay.....not bad for such an early start in life!!. |
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After the crash we tried hard to find the Paeds doctor who was on the scene of the accident shortly after it happend. A New Zealand national magazine helped me in the search for her and her husband. Shortly after this I managed to find the wonderfull Gabrielle and her Husband John to thank them, unfortunitly they were no longer in new zealand and had moved to Canada to work. One day it would be nice to meet them in person to say thank you from us all. |
This page was last updated on: March 10, 2004
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Ct Scan of my c7 vertabrae (nov 98) |
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Welcome to the all new "our World" I finally sorted myself out and pulled finger and have redone this webpage after all this time!! I hope all guests and vistors to my site will enjoy the new layout and the way i now have done the page.. hopefully not as long and drawn out as it has been in the past!. |
The story of this site began back on Thursday November 26 1998, a day that for myself, freinds, family and many other people from my past would find that life would alter for the not always the best, a new set of rules to live by... a new begining in many ways. i started this site out of intrest form many new freinds that i made on the internet that were interested in what had made me the person that i am today.. the person who has strength from something horrific, the ability to be determined and perservere thru many obsticals that i encountered on my journey thru a new world called life... the new me. it all started like this.... on the morning of november 26 1998 i was in my little red car travelling just out of my home town of rotorua in new zealand, i had my cousin eva, my young daughter sarah-louise and my wee premature son bailey in the car. our lives were to change for ever in one split second. were involved in a head on car crash, a car coming towards crossed the centre line and took us out. lifes changed, life is in turmoil, life is nearly taken from us in an instant. my cousin received whiplash and shock, sarah also received shock and a few sratches, bailey had to be resussed on the scene many times as he stopped breathing, i fractured my c7 and received head injuries. good bye old life... hello hell. baileys life had started back in feb 1998 he was born at 25 weeks gestation and weighed 676gm he was a fighter from day one and he continued to not let anyone take his life away from him that day. at the time of the crash i had been married but with stress, pain, indifferences the marrige broke up in december 1999. since then life has been a struggle, but i have gotten there with the love, support and help of close family and freinds at home and on the internet. eventually i found love again after the darkness that i was in, my partner and i met in a chatroom of all places on the internet, we met eventually and since then have been inseperable from each other. we have been together nearly two years now, we have gotten engaged and in july 2003 we will welcome a much wanted and planned baby to seal our love and commitment to each other! this year i have outdone myself and have completed a animal care and vet assistance course thru a local polytechnic which it only a few papers away from being a qualified veterinary nurse!! it has been and excrutiating year with frustration And pain at times but i have overcome all obsticals to recieve today my certificate at our gradation!! i have done it and made it thru the dark shadows and proved to myself and the world i can do... that a disability does not need to hold us all back and that when we really want something that bad that it is possible to overcome many barriers to acheive that dream......... watch out world im here... im back and god help anyone in my way!!!! thanks to all my close freinds and family and children to helping me get there and encouraging me to keep going even when i swore to throw it all in... thank you for making me sense at last! love mands xoxoxo |
Amanda with aimee feb 2004 |
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Sarah-Louise, and the late CC the cat who passed on dec 2002 after having cancer |
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Sarah-louise 2002 |
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our family july 2003. |
September 2003 Welcome to the world Aimee rose 17 june 2003 4lb 13oz 35 weeks gestation. Our wee girl is here after a bumpy and scarey ride, we are so blessed to have our little angel with us and bringing us many happy memories and making our family complete. sarah-louise and bailey adore their new baby sister and cant wait to set their eyes on her each morning and cuddle and watch over their new sibling they just absolutly love her to bits. Aimee loves being around them and smiles and talks to them every chance she gets. life is up and down for us with some new hurdles to overcome in the very near future. These will be overcome and will make us stronger and more determined not to allow others to rule our lives, those close to us will know what we are talking about without saying much more. |
Aimee in her new winter jacket march 2004 |
click the above button to be taken to more photos of us all |
23 Novemeber 2003 wow the year has flown by so fast! a year since we said our goodbyes to poor old cc pussy cat, nearly five years since the crash, sarah-lou is coming up 7 and a half years old, bailey is nearly six years old, our little baby aimee is nearly six months old! everyone is doing well, the kids hav their first ballet concert next month with bailey having a little solo possibly!! next year looks really exciting with a new baby on the way for my cousin eva,....due in febuary 2004! thank you to all those who have signed my guestbook its so lovely to read the comments it keeps me going and brightens my day when things are getting rough in our lives with the constant stress of legal crap thanks to my ex husband.....one day we might be lucky to get him to leave us alone and get on with our lives......but thats most probebly asking too much we have more chances of winning lotto than that wish!!......so roll on the divorce being finalised!!!! mands xoxoxox |
Aimee in Bath nov 2003 |
January 2004 well another year is now here and what a year its going to be thats for sure! bailey is turning 6 years old next month!, aimee is now crawling everywhere, sarah is getting so much taller! school goes back in just over a weeks time yahoo!!! we have had a rather busy and hot xmas and new year in our house. we have moved....ugg packing and unpacking...not much fun thats for sure. my cousin eva had her baby a wee boy called austin he was born on november 28 2003 at 28 weeks gestation! they are all doing well the last i heard form them. she has also since gotten married so congrats cuzz!! we have more babies heading our way soon with freinds due soon, another was born yesterday to suzzane from my vet course a little girl called eden louise, she was 7lb 14oz!! after a marathon three hour labour!!! shes the first baby for the phillips family!! wow !!! ill post pics of all these babies on the other page thts linked to this site for those interested. well thats about it for now lots of stuff coming up soon which once its all over and done with i will update and let ya all know till then.. have a great 2004 love ya all xoxoxox im off to try to baby proof the house....crawler on the loose!!!....oh man u forget all these things after a big break in kids lol |
Austin bethel Feb/March 2004! Home at last!!! this is my cousin evas little 28 weeker prem son born 28 nov 2003 in U.S.A. |
yummy!! |