LoveQuiltsUK - Tom B's quilt

Tom B's quilt (Quilt Completed)

Born:	2009
Illness:	schizencephaly polymicrogyria psudobulbar palsey
Theme: Music Quilt delivered: 7th Nov 2016

Thank you

Tom and family would like to give a massive thanks to all the cross stitchers involved in Tom's beautiful quilt and to Darryl for the beautiful quilting xxx

We were sorry to hear that Tom had passed away in 2021 :(

Finished photos

Quilted by: Darryl

Individual squares

Stitched by: Brenda (+) Submitted: Mar 2016	Stitched by: Deb (+) Submitted: May 2016
Stitched by: Elaine (+) Submitted: Jul 2016	Stitched by: Elaine Dixon (+) Submitted: Aug 2016
Stitched by: Emma King (+) Submitted: Jul 2016	Stitched by: Emma Nagorski (+) Submitted: Jul 2016
Stitched by: Jenny Elkington (+) Submitted: Mar 2016	Stitched by: Melissa and Sophie (+) Submitted: Apr 2016
Stitched by: Nicola (+) Submitted: Mar 2016	Stitched by: Paula Dewar (+) Submitted: Mar 2016
Stitched by: Rita Turner (+) Submitted: Apr 2016	Stitched by: Rosemary Binnie (+) Submitted: May 2016

Fabric

Card

Stitched by: Cheryl Naisbitt

Biography

Tom was born in 2009 and spent the next 6 months in Special care. We were told Tom wouldn't survive past 6 months and we brought him home to have time with him before he passed on.

Tom will be 7 this year and is a fighter and loves life and his family. Tom has no swallow and can be suctioned anything up to 80 times a day. Because he's got no swallow, his secretions end up on his lungs and cause infections so he goes into hospital regular for IV antibiotics. Tom also has chest physio 3 times a day to move the secretions off his chest - it's not a 100% effective but it helps.

Tom's a massive music lover, the music just does something to him so whenever he's upset we'll be caught singing and it just calms him. Tom goes to school once a week, he can't go any more as he risk of picking up infections can be life threatening.