We trusted Lucy Letby so much we wanted her to be our baby's godmother. Now we think she tried to kill him
The couple now suspect that their boy was attacked by Letby, who picked him out as one of her favourites, even getting angry with other nurses when she wasn't allocated him to care for. Once, he was found with an unusual amount of blood in his nappy when Letby was looking after him. The doctors could find no real cause.
Another time, when the killer was his designated nurse, he suddenly collapsed inexplicably as she was about to hand him over to night staff. Fortunately, a doctor came to his aid and a senior nurse took over and he quickly recovered.
Letby also sent the tot's mother a handmade Mother's Day card with a polaroid photograph she had taken of their baby inside the incubator. Even though he was still requiring 24-hour oxygen, the image showed their son with no mask or oxygen tubes over his face. When the concerned parents queried this Letby dismissed their fears saying: 'I just thought you would like a picture of him with no tubes.'
The boy's father told the Mail: 'We had a handmade card and we assumed everyone on the ward got one. But they didn't, it was just us. Inside was a picture of my son with no breathing equipment. She said she took it out to clean or to sterilize it. Now everything's come to light, I should have questioned it more.'
Eight months ago the couple had another premature baby boy who also needed breathing help. They now know that Letby should never have been taking oxygen away from their first born.
Later, when the infant was discharged, Letby asked to be friends with his mother on Facebook and commented on posts when he ended up back in hospital, asking if he was 'needing any help with breathing?'. His mother added: 'Now, that gives me chills.
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ETA (the baby was initially a twin) The 32-year-old, a student nurse, told the Mail she had an 'awful' pregnancy. She conceived twins, but lost one of the babies at eight weeks and began suffering from pre-eclampsia four weeks later.
Her son was born, weighing just 3lbs 2oz, nine weeks early by emergency C-section at the Countess of Chester Hospital in February 2016, nine months into Letby's killing spree. She was at his birth – her third night shift in a run of four.
EXCLUSIVE: The couple now suspect that their boy was attacked by Letby, who picked him out as one of her favourites, even getting angry with other nurses when she wasn't allocated him to care for.
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