After Haydn was seriously injured in a bike accident, dozens of medical professionals supported his recovery. In the new Cambridge Children's Hospital, access to dedicated spaces that are designed for children will take care to the next level.
Haydn suffered a traumatic brain injury after being knocked off his bike. He hadn't been wearing a helmet. His mum, Amanda, remembers arriving at the scene, but was unable to reach her son because the emergency crews were already there. "I felt pretty helpless," she says.
The teenager was airlifted to Addenbrooke's Hospital, where he spent twelve days in an induced coma and a further seven weeks of treatment.
All I remember was waking up at my hospital because I had an induced coma. My memory was damaged.
Haydn Garrod
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Within 24 hours of being woken from the induced coma, Amanda says things moved very quickly for Haydn. He was transferred from PICU (Paediatric Intensive Care Unit) to D2 children's ward. She says her son put everything he could into all the therapies provided, determined not to be in the wheelchair.
There was a massive team around him, from the paediatric doctors, the neurologists, the nurses, the therapists. It felt like everybody was there for Haydn, to get Haydn back on his feet, to get Haydn back to where he wanted to to be. They make everybody feel like they are the only ones.
Amanda Garrod, Haydn's mum
Paediatric physiotherapist, Colin Hamilton, estimates that at least 200 people were involved in Haydn's care. It's a hugely complex operation involving planning and coordination of clinical teams, as well as supporting Haydn's wider family, including grandparents and siblings. Colin says that this is something they hope to do even better at Cambridge Children's Hospital because there will be facilities they don't have access to at the moment.
Cambridge Children's doesn't automatically make amazing magic. What is already happening is magic. What we want to do is to make that better and easier for families and professionals working with these young people.
Colin Hamilton, Paediatric Physiotherapist, Addenbrooke's Hospital
Cambridge Children's Hospital will have single en suite rooms for all patients and access to outdoor spaces and fresh air on every levels. There will be child-centred gyms, therapeutic play spaces, a hospital school, and areas for specifically for teenagers.
We're really thinking ahead for the future. We're taking all our learning from cases like Haydn, the feedback that we get from the family, and putting it all into what we hope will be the future of Cambridge Children's.
Vicky Amiss-Smith, Lead Nurse, Cambridge Children's Hospital