| Location | Stevenage |
| Age | 5 months |
| Cause of Death | Genetic Condition |
| Date of Birth | 21/05/2007 |
| Date of Death | 07/11/2007 |
| Visitors | 4,922 since 21/10/2008 |
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Olly Douglas Bennett was born at 1:48am on the 21st May 2007 weighing 5lb14oz and looking gorgeous.
On the 20th May 2007 I went into hospital to be induced at 40+9weeks. After a rather eventful birth my gorgeous little boy arrived and brightened up my life. We couldnt believe it when the midwife said he was only 5lb14oz!!!! I had been convinced all through the pregnancy that Olly would be roughly 9lb yet here he was absolutely tiny and gorgeous.
When we got up to the maternity ward after the birth i remember thinking something wasnt right. About an hour later the midwife took us down to the NICU because Olly wasnt regulating his body temperature properly and was getting cold. He was also finding it quite hard to breathe.
Once we got to the NICU the paediatricians hooked him up to a few monitors and gave him a big orange box that sat over his head and pumped oxygen into it so he was breathing a slightly higher concentration of oxygen to help him out. His breathing settled quite well with that and they were fairly happy with it.
Olly had been uninterested in feeding and hadnt eaten at all yet so his blood sugars had dropped. He showed no interest in feeding at all really so they put him on a dextrose drip to keep his blood sugars up and i had to express what milk i had for them to give him via an NGT (nasogastric tube/tube directly to the stomach down his nose). He was started on 1ml of milk every 2hrs and tolerated that fairly well but with a few ups and downs to start with.
They also put him on i.v.anitibiotics in case of infection and did a chest xray to check his lungs and chest. His lungs came back clear but they did see in the xray that Olly had fractured his collarbone on both sides. They told me this was not a problem and should heal up in about 2weeks. He was given paracetamol for any pain (also for any pain caused by the kiwi lump).
Well Olly stayed on the NICU and I stayed up in the maternity ward. He did really well and soon came off the oxygen although was still in an incubator and had to have a few days on phototherapy for jaundice levels.
It had been mentioned to us that a few of Olly's features suggested he may have a chromosomal abnormality and when he was a week old we got terrible news that our darling little boy was actually very ill.
Olly had a Double Trisomy. The cells in his body had either an extra copy of Chromosome 9 or Chromosome 18. They had never seem a Double Trisomy before and were surprised how my little boy had survived to be born. A genetecist explained that of the two Trisomies that Olly had one would, in its full form, have killed him before birth and the other would more than likely be fatal within a year.
Olly also had multiple Ventricular Septal Defects (holes in his heart) and as he grew older his heart began to fail.
It was a month before Olly came home with us still tube fed and tiny.
He lit up my life and the lives of everyone who met him during his short time with us. He fought so hard to be with us in the first place and not once did he seem to give up. Olly was truly a miracle and he amazed everyone by fighting so hard for five and a half months before it became too much and he left to be with the angels.
All i hope is that my darling sweetheart is now in no pain and can rest as he deserves to after fighting so much. So much more than any person should have to.
Olly i miss you dearly my baby. You were everything to me and I will never stop thinking of you everyday. Time may mean I have to get on with things but it will never heal the pain of losing you. All my love now and forever Mummy xxx
Just For A While - by Bette Buckle
Just for a while you had a shining dream,
Then darkness fell.
All around you, sadness and despair.
No light to guide you, no laughter there.
Just for a while I was your hopes fulfilled.
Then hope was gone.
My soul released from its tiny shell
Saw your tears and caught them as they fell.
I heard your voices, sweet and warm,
I felt you touch and stoke my tiny form.
Like a butterfly that lives and dies in just one day,
I left the world and gently flew away.
Just for a while I touched your lives with joy,
And then with pain.
But don’t be sad and grieve each coming year,
Just hold each other close and say
"Just for a while - Our child was here"
Copyright of Bette Buckle
♫ ♫ Happy Heavenly Birthday ♫ ♫
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The tiny rosebud God picked to bloom in Heaven.
The master gardener from heaven above
Planted a seed in the garden of Love,
And from it there grew a rosebud small
That never had time to open at all.
For God in his perfect and all-wise way
Chose this rose for his heavenly bouquet,
And great was the joy of this tiny rose
To be the one our Father chose
To leave earth’s garden
For one on high
where roses bloom always and never die.
So, while you can’t see your precious rose bloom,
You know the great gardener from the upper room
Is watching and tending this wee rose with care,
Tenderly touching each petal so fair.
So think of your darling with the angels above,
Secure and contented and surrounded with love,
And remember God blessed and enriched your lives too,
For in dying your darling brought heaven closer to you.
Helen Steiner Rice
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Happy Birthday Angel - by Ingrid Aspey
Olly today on your Birthday we wish you love
And hope you are happy in heaven above
I hope you, Ciara and Alex are having lots of fun
Bouncing on the clouds and playing happily in the sun
When it’s time for your tea there is plenty of cake
That all the kind Angels did lovingly bake
With 3 candles upon it to mark your Birthday
We wish you were here but you couldn’t stay
Your Family all miss and dearly love you
They are thinking of you and sending lots of love too
When your party is over and you’re tucked into bed
Dream sweet dreams of them as you lay down your head
Happy Birthday Lots of Love and Kisses to You XX
Copyright Ingrid Aspey 2009
Angel Day Celebration - by Unknown Author
This day will be a celebration
Of the short time you were here.
You will always be remembered
With great love and many tears.
But to only feel pain and sorrow
Would not be fair to you.
Your life meant so much more to us,
More than words could say.
You were here so briefly,
I wonder if you knew
All the ways you’ve touched
Our world and our hearts
And everyone who knew you
Since the day God called you home.
Now my child, you’re an Angel
With your heavenly Father above,
We see not only what we’ve lost
But our capacity of love.
There will always be a big void
In our life and a hole in our
Hearts that will never heal.
Our souls will grieve forever.
Will we forget or stop loving you?
No! Not now…not ever.
As this day is upon us,
Oh, how our hearts still hurt.
But even as I mourn your death,
We will always celebrate your birth.
It was the happiest day of our lives.
To The Child I'll Never Know - by Gloria Dianne
How can I say Good Bye
When I never said Hello,
Why does my heart grieve
For the child I'll never know?
You were a part of me
For just a little while.
I grieve because I'll never see
The magic in your smile.
I grieve for all the unsaid words
That you will never say.
I grieve that I will never see
You happily at play.
I grieve for all the lullabies
That will remain unsung.
I grieve because I'll never see
Your face gleaming like the sun.
I grieve because you will never know
The comfort of my touch.
I grieve because you will never know
That you were loved so much.
I grieve for all the tomorrows
That will never be.
I grieve because God chose
To take you back from me.
You live among the Angels now
Your earthly mission done,
You will be so dearly missed
Good-Bye my little one.
X X
♥♥ Happy Birthday Heaven`s Little Prince ♥♥
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♥♥
You’re wondering if I’ll celebrate
My birthday (way up here)
I know you’re missing me today
I feel your essence near.
♥♥
God planned a special day for me
He told me with a wink
He’d ordered me a special cake
(It’s Angel food, I think)
♥♥
I’m getting lots of hugs from God
He’s really good at that
And every time that I walk by
He gives my head a pat
♥♥
Balloons will fill the streets for me
They float up through the clouds
And we have lots of clowns up here
That make us laugh out loud
♥♥
There is a birthday carousel
Jeweled horses ride the wind
With music playing oh so sweet…
The magic never ends
♥♥
I’ve made so many friends, you see
We laugh and play and sing
We ride our bikes and play jump rope
And sleep in Angel’s wings
♥♥
We’ll have our cake and ice cream
And open gifts, surprise!
But we don’t blow out our candles here
Instead, they light the skies
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♥♥ Heaven`s Little Prince ♥♥
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♥♥
You are mammy`s little prince
But you’re in heaven now
She dream`s that she could hold you
And wish`s she knew how
♥♥
You will always be your mammy`s prince
She’ll always keep you in her heart
Until some day she see`s you
Then you`s won’t be apart
♥♥
So be happy little prince
In Gods heaven up above
And everyday till you meet again
She will send you all her love
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♥♥ TINY LITTLE HALO ♥♥
Tiny little fingers
Tiny little toes
Tiny rosebud lips of pink
A miracle I know
I couldn't wait to see you
And hold you close to me
But found, instead, that some things
Are never meant to be
Tiny little halo
Above your tiny head
I know that God has chosen you
To be with him instead
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♥ Goodnight Godbless Olly ♥
♥ Sweetdreams Baby Angel ♥
♥ Love Tina (Callum Coulson`s Mammy)♥
A Birthday In Heaven - Author Unknown
I heard you crying yesterday,
And felt your heart-sent love.
So I’m sending you this message
Now, from Heaven up above.
You’re wondering if I’ll celebrate
My birthday (way up here).
I know you’re missing me today
I feel your essence near.
God planned a special day for me,
He told me with a wink.
He’d ordered me a special cake
(It’s Angel food, I think).
Balloons will fill the streets for me,
They float up through the clouds.
And we have lots of friends up here
That make us laugh out loud.
There is a birthday carousel,
Jewelled horses ride the wind,
With music playing, oh so sweet…
The magic never ends.
I’ve made so many friends, you see
We laugh and play and sing.
We ride our bikes and play the fool
And sleep in Angel’s wings.
But we don’t blow out our candles here
Instead, they light the skies.
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