A GROUP of crafters have made a donation to the hospital’s special care nursery to help make a scary time a little brighter.
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The Tamworth Craft Shed quilters dropped in 40 light blankets for parents to personalise their little ones’ bedding and keep when they finally get to go home.
Nursing unit manager Terese Madden said it was a “very much appreciated” gift.
“It will be something nice for them to go home with, after quite often having been here for a long time,” she said.
The first recipient of a blanket was five-week-old Digby Simmonds, who was born with a condition that affects his large intestine.
Mum Jess Page said they’d spent four weeks in hospital in Sydney, four days at Tamworth and would hopefully get to go to their Tamworth home in about a week.
One of the makers, Sue Markey, said the crafting group’s policy was to help the community as much as possible.
She said this sector of society had a special place in her heart.
“I’m early childhood trained, so I love my little babies and kids,” she said.
“We’ve been thrilled to be able to help.”
Another donor, Deanne Unsworth, said she’d once had a child in special care herself.
“It would have been lovely to have something bright and colourful,” she said.
“It’s going back a long time, but everything was so sterile, colourless and drab.”
It’s estimated the quilters will need to produce 10 blankets a month to keep up with all the new, tiny special care residents.