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'Super Ted' still fighting thanks to Air Ambulance

Nov 22 2009 by Ken Oxley, Sunday Sun

Miracle baby Ted Parks who's heart has stopped three times

FROM somewhere, miracle baby Ted Parks finds the strength to smile.

Doctors believe he has a heart condition so rare, he is the only sufferer in the world.

Three times it has stopped his heart beating, and three times he has been brought back from the brink of death.

Last month, with just 10 minutes to live, the youngster was transferred from Teesside to Tyneside by the Great North Air Ambulance for live-saving treatment.

Medics feared for the youngster’s life so much the Tyne Tunnel was closed to rush his parents to his side.

At just five months old he needs a new heart - but he courageously clings to life.

That’s why nurses at Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital call him “Super Ted”.

Today, with their baby boy strapped to the machine which does the job his heart can’t, Ted’s devoted parents Kay Husband and Stephen Parks, have told his incredible story.

They want the region to know the Air Ambulance saved his life. And they need the world to know: “Our baby needs a new heart.”

Still unable to shake the memory of seeing Ted shocked back to life by A&E doctors, Kay, 34, said: “Ted smiled at us for the first time in five weeks and it just felt amazing.

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