Matt and Tansy had been told it was probably nothing serious, until a doctor took Tansy to one side

Parents who thought their six-week-old baby had a cold were told by doctors to watch for two symptoms. When baby Atlas was struggling to breath, his parents Matt Jukes and Tansy Simpson had no idea he did not have a virus but was actually suffering from two congenital heart defects, and within days he had open heart surgery.

The couple, from Peckham, London, found themselves living at a hospital for a month. “We felt scared, devastated, heartbroken, shocked and blindsided,” Matt said. “It was incredibly tough. We were in a haze reacting to the situation and holding our boy close.

“We had to carry him down to surgery and hand him over and this was the hardest moment. You know that this is

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