Baby whose parents feared had just days to live is 'thriving' after life-saving heart operation

Title: Baby whose parents feared had just days to live is 'thriving' after life-saving heart operation Dylan, a 35‑year‑old town planner, told Newyddion S4C: "There was speech of extremity of beingness astatine that point. We're truthful pleased he's connected the Berlin Heart." He added: "It means helium tin travel disconnected the drugs which person been sedating him. Since then, he's a wholly antithetic baby." He continued: "He's smiling, he's responding to us. Before now, he's conscionable been a tiny babe lying connected a bed." Solicitor Catrin said, since the operation, it was similar "having our babe back" and that Macs had been "absolutely thriving" After a series of surgeries, Macs received the Berlin Heart on 7 August, following transfer from Bristol to Newcastle. A Berlin Heart is a type of ventricular assistance device – an air‑driven pump situated outside the body that takes over the heart’s role by circulating blood throughout the system. The NHS Blood and Transplant team reported that 17 such devices have been implanted in children across the UK during the 2024‑25 period.