Critical Ben has bad night.Byline: By SARAH Sarah or Sarai: see Sara. Sarah (flourished early 2nd millennium BC) In the Hebrew scriptures, the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. She was childless until age 90. JELLEMA THE critically-ill baby flown to Liverpool last week was moved to a different ventilator ventilator /ven·ti·la·tor/ (ven´ti-la-tor) 1. an apparatus for qualifying the air breathed through it. 2. a device for giving artificial respiration or aiding in pulmonary ventilation. yesterday after his condition deteriorated. Ben Marshall, born nine weeks premature, was transferred to Alder Hey Children's Hospital Alder Hey Children's Hospital is a children's hospital in West Derby, Liverpool. It is run by the Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust as part of the UK National Health Service. after he developed a chest infection. Speaking yesterday, Ben's mum Michelle said: "I got a phone call from the hospital at 3am to tell me his condition had deteriorated over night. "They changed the ventilation machine he was on as they feared it could have damaged his lungs. "But this morning he seemed a little better." Michelle and her husband Nigel, from Millisle, Co Down, endured the heartache of losing their first son a year ago. She added: "Because we lost the last one this wee one's so precious." Yesterday a spokeswoman for the hospital said: "Ben seems to be responding better since we changed his ventilator. "He is still a very poorly baby but we are hoping that the new equipment will change things. "So far he has had a very stable day." CAPTION(S): PREMATURE: Ben |
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