'She saved our boy's life - we're just so grateful' Families nominate Cheryl asWelsh Midwife of Year.Byline: Alex Moore A COUPLE have told how their eagle-eyedmidwife saved their son's life after spotting his heart condition. Baby William The tense of this article is unsuitable for an encyclopedia. Please consider rewriting to a detached, past tense. Baby William (b. 2001) is a fictional character on the popular science-fiction television show The X-Files. Norton had been discharged fromthe Royal Glamorgan Hospital with staff assuming his heart would settle after a difficult birth. But midwife Cheryl Hallett spotted the warning signs when she called at parents Paul and Caroline's Tonyrefail home 13 days later. She acted quickly, sending little William straight to hospital, where he received emergency surgery. Cheryl, from Tynan in Beddau, has now been named as WelshMidwife of the Year in a competition run by baby equipment company Mamas and Papas after the Nortons nominated her. Paul Norton Paul N. Norton was an American artist, born Feb. 15th, 1909 in the town of Moline, Illinois. The son of a railway clerk, Norton painted more than 500 watercolors in his career, and also created many memorable logos for companies such as Dairy Queen, Pella Windows, and others. , who is deputy headteacher at Tonypandy Community College, said they received excellent care from Cheryl and her team from the day their son was born. Mr Norton, of Beechwood Drive, Tonyrefail, said: "My wife Caroline is fromCheshire and we were all ready to get into the car to take William to see her parents once Cheryl had finished." But she noticed thatWilliam was having difficulty breathing. "We were about to go but Cheryl said, 'No, I'mnot happy about this' and referred himto the children's ward Children's Ward (retitled The Ward from 1995 to 1998) was a British children's television drama series produced by Granada Television and broadcast on the ITV network as part of its Children's ITV strand on weekday afternoons. at Royal Glamorgan. "And thank God she did.We were told later that William could have died shortly afterwards if his heart hadn't been looked at." Concerns raised by staff at the Llantrisant hospital led to him being transported by ambulance to the University Hospital of Wales University Hospital of Wales (referred to locally as "the Heath" or UHW), opened in 1971, is situated on the outskirts of central Cardiff, Wales. It is also the third largest University Hospital in the United Kingdom providing 24 hour Accident & Emergency and various , where a scan revealedWilliam -who is now 18months old -was suffering a cardiac failure cardiac failure: see congestive heart failure. . He was rushed to the specialist Royal Hospital for Children, in Bristol, and given the operation doctors said saved his life. "The ironyis thatwe actually received an apology from the Cwm See Meta Data Coalition. Taf NHS Trust National Health Service Trusts (NHS Trusts) provide many services of the National Health Service in England and Wales. They are not trusts in the legal sense but are in effect public sector corporations. because of how they viewed the heart problem initially," Mr Norton said. "Butwe just feel luckytostill have William around, and we're extremely grateful to Cheryl." "But we weren't the only couple that nominated her," Mr Norton said. "Three other families did too, so she obviously does a fantastic job." After winning the Welsh final Mrs Hallett attended the UK finals with Coronation Street actors Many actors have appeared in Coronation Street who have then gone on to become more notable for other work. Actors and actresses who began or spent part of their career in Coronation Street include: Regular appearancesCAPTION(S): Parents Paul and Caroline Norton with little William at their home in Tonyrefail |
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