'Fantastic' lifesaver is Wales' top dad; Valleys father in running for UK prize after reviving his premature daughter.Byline: Neil Collins Neil Jeffrey Collins (born 15 October 1961 in Manchester, England) is a former Speedway rider.[1]. He once finished runner-up with England in the World Team Cup final. A FATHER'S exploits in saving his newborn daughter have earned him the title of Wales' best dad. Mark Tilling won the Dad of the Year title after the judges heard about the way he resuscitated his daughter Evie - the day after she was first released from hospital. The tiny baby had been born 13 weeks premature. At the time of her birth, on March 12, she weighed barely the same as a bag of sugar and spent the first three weeks of her life in intensive care. But disaster struck almost as soon as she was finally allowed home. Mr Tilling, 40, from Hirwaun, said: "Evie had only been out of hospital a day and a half but she didn't look well at all. "She had gone pale and was not moving and within minutes her colour had gone blue. "I phoned an ambulance straight away because she was not breathing." Luckily, Mr Tilling, now a plant operator at Port Talbot steelworks Port Talbot Steelworks is a large steel production plant in Port Talbot, Wales. The works cover a large area of land which dominates the south of the town with the blast furnaces and steel products plant building being major landmarks visible from both the M4 motorway and the , had learned first aid training and resuscitation resuscitation /re·sus·ci·ta·tion/ (-sus?i-ta´shun) restoration to life of one apparently dead. cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills while in the military serving with the Royal Engineers from 1990-1996 in Osnabruck, Germany. "I gave her about 30 chest compressions, combined with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation," he said. "The colour immediately flushed back into her cheeks and she began moving slightly before the paramedics arrived to give her further assistance." His wife Karen, 36, said: "I was really panicking but Mark kept really calm and did what was necessary to save our little girl's life. "Evie has recovered leaps and bounds since - she is still very small but her weight has increased from 2lb 3ozs when she was born to nearly 10lb now. "She still needs to take daily doses of an iron supplement to help her reflexes and others to help her stomach, but she is an absolute joy." Mr Tilling underwent a successful vasectomy reversal vasectomy reversal Urology Surgical reanastomosis of disrupted vasa deferentia. See Antisperm antibodies. to be able to have Evie. The couple have three other girls - Lorri-Ann, 13, and twins Carrie and Amy, 11. "Mark is a fantastic father - a really loving, hands-on dad with endless patience - no task is ever too much trouble for him," said Mrs Tilling. He now goes on to compete for the title UK Dad of the Year in the competition, sponsored by toy manufacturer Tomy, later this year.. CAPTION(S): Hero dad Mark Tilling with his daughter Evie PICTURE: Robert Prosser [umlaut umlaut (  m`lout) [Ger.,=transformed sound], in inflection, variation of vowels of the type of English man to men. ]
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