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To match the kids, parents get feeding tube tattoos placed on their stomachs

August 20, 2022
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To match the kids, parents get feeding tube tattoos placed on their stomachs
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Pictures of a family in which the parents got feeding tube tattoos to match their kids
‘We wanted to symbolise what we have been through as a family’ (Picture: The Golding family)

Two couples have received feeding tube tattoos to support their young children, who each need one.

Rebecca and Tom Golding’s daughter, Izzy, was born with a rare birth defect called tracheo-oesophageal fistula and oesophageal atresia in April 2018.

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Because it can affect the food pipe and airway, it could be fatal. Newborn babies with it will need urgent surgery.

Rebecca from Sidcup, southeast London, said: ‘During her development in the womb, her food pipe mistakenly connected to her airway instead of to her stomach.

‘We didn’t know it at the time, but milk and saliva were going straight to her lungs. She was basically drowning.’

When Izzy was just two days old, she had surgery at Evelina London Children’s Hospital that saved her life.

The Golding family showing off their feeding tubes, tattooed an otherwise

‘She was basically drowning’ (Picture: The Golding family)
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Baby will go to hospital

A button gastrostomy is now an option. She has a tube placed directly in her stomach, which allows her nutrients to be taken without her swallowing.

Rebecca said: ‘She was admitted to hospital 16 times in her first year and even now can only eat what you would give to an eight-month-old, like purées and some fruits.

‘She can’t swallow fluid, and she can’t eat sandwiches, chicken nuggets or ice cream – the things that other four-year-olds like.’

Izzy with Will when he was a baby
It’s very rare for two children in one family to need feeding tubes (Picture: The Golding family)

When Rebecca and Tom’s son Will was born in October 2019, they knew something wasn’t right straight away.

The baby wouldn’t stop vomiting and was having trouble breathing.

He was diagnosed with life-threatening sepsis and, at just two days old, he was transferred to Evelina London Children’s Hospital for specialist treatment.

Will as a baby with a tube down his nose
‘He stopped breathing twice and had to be resuscitated’ (Picture: The Golding family)

Rebecca, an administrator for the NHS, said: ‘We took a massive psychological hit when he too had to be transferred to Evelina London.

‘He stopped breathing twice and had to be resuscitated – it was a really frightening time.

‘Will spent three months in the hospital, where multiple tests were carried out which revealed that he too had a problem with swallowing.’

Rebecca with Will showing off their feeding tubes, tattooed and otherwise
Twinning (Picture : The Golding family).

Laryngomalacia is a condition where the larynx becomes soft or floppy due to birth defects.

A baby suffering from laryngomalacia temporarily blocks the airway when they take a deep breath.

Will has undergone surgery to make it easier for him to breathe, but he’s also not able to swallow as it results in chest infections.

Izzy in hospital
‘Izzy is obsessed with the tattoos’ (Picture: The Golding family)

Like his older sister, he also had a button gastomy installed before he was one year old.

Louisa Ferguson, a consultant in otolaryngology and cleft lip and palate surgery at Evelina London Children’s Hospital who operated on Will, said: ‘It is quite uncommon for two children in the same family to have such complex swallowing issues and for both to need a button gastrostomy.’

A close up of the feeding tube tattoo design
Take a closer look at (Picture: Family Golding)

Rebecca said: ‘They both have a button gastrostomy so Tom and I decided to get matching tattoos.

‘We wanted to symbolise what we have been through as a family and show Izzy and Will that having a button is something to be proud of.

‘Izzy is obsessed with the tattoos, always asking to see them and saying: “Now we are all matching”, and Will has expressed his disappointment that ours don’t move.’

Tom in his cycling gear holding the children
‘Will has expressed his disappointment that ours don’t move’ (Picture: The Golding family)

Tom, a PE teacher, has also undertaken a 400-mile bike ride across the Scottish Highlands to raise money for Evelina London Children’s Charity.

He said: ‘I did the ride for three reasons. Firstly to raise awareness of Evelina London Children’s Hospital and what they do – they are unsung heroes who save lives every day.

‘Secondly, to raise as much money as possible for this incredible hospital so that those who work there can continue to carry out amazing treatment for children who need it most.

‘Finally, I wanted to put myself through these tough challenges in order to thank Evelina London for saving my children’s lives – they will never know how grateful I am.’

The Golding family at christmas
‘Watching children like Izzy and Will overcome these challenges to grow up and blossom is why we do what we do’ (Picture: The Golding family)

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Mr Iain Yardley, a consultant paediatric and neonatal surgeon at Evelina London Children’s Hospital who operated on Izzy, said: ‘As a family, the Goldings have faced some really significant challenges with the complex conditions that both Izzy and Will have.

‘It has been a massive privilege to be part of the huge team at Evelina London who looks after them and supports them as a family.

‘Watching children like Izzy and Will overcome these challenges to grow up and blossom is why we do what we do.’

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