Care Assistant

About Me

My name is Mohammed but I prefer to be called Mustafa. I am 12 years old and I live at home with my mum and dad, as well as my two younger brothers and my baby sister. When my mum was pregnant with me, I was not growing very well and the umbilical cord was not supplying me with all the nutrients I needed. Because of this, my mum had to have me at 34 weeks and I only weighed 4lbs. All of the healthcare professionals told my mum I was fine but at 5 weeks old my mum became concerned that I was not crying for feeds and she had to always wake me up for a feed. At a few months old I was starting to struggle with my feeds so my mum took me to hospital where they found that I had aspiration lung disease. This means that anything I have orally, will go into my lungs causing me to struggle to breath. Due to this, I have all of my nutrition and medication via a gastrostomy tube and daily chest physio. I was also born with a ...