Noah'S Ark Children'S Hospital Charity

This is Bill.
Bill turned 80 this year.
Bill so kindly donated his birthday to the charity.
... Bill has raised £370 from doing so.
Bill is amazing!
Be like Bill.
Happy 80th Birthday Bill, thank you so much for donating your birthday to us in our 18th year! If you want to be like Bill and so many others who have donated their birthday to us this year, you can find out more information here goo.gl/9urFF4
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Happy Playday! Here at the Noah's Ark Charity we're passionate about play and believe that the play specialist team offer an invaluable service to children and their families.
We're so proud to support the work they do, brightening days and bringing joy to so many.
We would love to hear how play has helped you and your little ones this Playday! 😃

Have you seen our Summer edition of the Noah’s Ark Charity newsletter yet? Our cover star for this issue is 11-year-old sport fanatic Mia, our first ever young ambassador! Mia has spent most of the last year being treated at the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for a rare type of cancer. Mia is determined not to let anything hold her back, with plans to become a Paralympian!
This issue we're thinking about our future and would love you to help us shape it. If you can spare 5 mi...nutes to complete the questionnaire on the following link it would be hugely appreciated https://bit.ly/2OyjD0K
As a thank you, you will be entered into a prize draw to win an overnight spa break for two at Bluestone National Park resort in Pembrokeshire!
You can read all about Mia's story and much more in the newsletter here: https://bit.ly/2uRhO6I
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Join us on Sunday 16th September for our best Family Fun Walk yet!
Now in its fifth year, this event has raised close to £75,000 for the children's hospital to date and we know that with your family on board we can smash the £100,000 mark!
Faithful walker Hannah Davies says:
... "We had a lovely day for an amazing cause. My eldest spent 11 months in the hospital from when she was three weeks old. We couldn't thank all the people who looked after her at the time, so we'll do the Family Fun Walk instead!"
Why not join in either the 3K or 10K walk along Cardiff Bay Barrage, the route is suitable for buggies, wheelchairs and dogs.
Visit www.noahsarkcharity.org/familyfunwalk or call 029 2184 7310 to book your place.
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We have a very good reason to be feeling good this Friday!
You may have read previously about Harrison, Sonny and Eden-Olive, three babies all in the hospital since birth. Their mums, Viccy, Emma and Michelle have formed an amazing bond after being thrown together by circumstances none of them would have chosen, developing a friendship that will last the rest of their lives.
It was fantastic news when Harrison waved goodbye to the children’s hospital to go home at the end of... June, so we wanted to share with you the amazing news that Eden-Olive will be going home today and Sonny will be home by Tuesday! We are over the moon for them! It means so much to the families to finally have their babies at home with them permanently after such an incredible journey.
You can read more about these amazing babies and their mums special friendship in our summer newsletter https://noahsarkcharity.org/…/summer-ne wsletter-2018-issue…/
#FeelGoodFriday
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This week we have Oily Cart visiting the hospital as part of National Theatre Wales #NHS70 Festival. Children are helping Captain, Mermaid, Bubbles, Sponge and Drummer Man on the hunt for lost treasure in their multi-sensory, immersive hydrotherapy pool-based show, Splish Splash, designed specifically for children with complex learning needs.
The hydrotherapy pool was funded by the Noah’s Ark Charity as part of a £7 million commitment to the hospital’s second phase. The hydrotherapy pool is used by the physiotherapy team to provide support and relief to children with a range of conditions, the warm water naturally eases muscles, allowing children to exercise with less pain.
It's thanks to our wonderful supporters, like you, that we have this amazing facility within the hospital.

We want to say a massive thank you to Rich, Tom and Tim from WSP Cardiff who have raised an amazing £4570 for the charity through their epic walk from Barry to Anglesey, including the Welsh three peaks! What an achievement!
Feeling inspired to get walking? As part of our 18th birthday celebrations we're hosting a Great Welsh Walk through Wales in May 2019 - why not join us in taking a walk on the Welsh side, where each step you take will help to ensure the very best care for... the children of Noah’s Ark.
Find out more information about the route and how you can take part here https://noahsarkcharity.org/greatwelshwal k/
#motivationmonday #greatwelshwalk
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For all those breaking up for the summer holidays today have an amazing summer in the sun! ☀️Huge thank you for all the fantastic school events you have held for the Noah's Ark Charity this year, we're looking forward to even more when the new term begins! #schoolsout

On the 18th of each month, in celebration of our 18th birthday year, we're posting a guest blog on our website. July's is authoured by one of our brillant supporters, Ian Campodonic.
Ian's daugher, Elodie, suffered a stroke at just a few days old and spent time on both the intensive care unit and later on Pelican Ward. Here's their story: bit.ly/2LplHGb

Play specialist Juliet has been working with ten-month-old Eden Olive for four months now. Eden has been in the hospital since she was born with oesophageal atresia, which meant the top part of her oesophagus was not connected to her stomach.
Because early attempts to feed Eden orally were painful for her, she quickly became frightened of having anything near her mouth and has always hated getting anything on her hands. With lots of hard work through play, Eden had come such... a long way and to see her with messy hands is magical for those who have been on the difficult journey with her!
Mum, Michelle, says: “Juliet and the whole play therapy team on Island ward are fantastic and have worked so hard with Eden-Olive. Having had life-saving operations and many invasive experiences, play time really is the best time and makes it all better”
Eden-Olive is pictured four months ago, and this week – a huge difference!
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Earlier this month, Kate and her 12-year-old daughter, Erin, took part in our first Zip Slide event to say thank you for the care her younger children, Joe and Molly, have received at the hospital. Joe, aged six, has been treated at the hospital for neurofibromatosis and bilateral optic nerve gliomas while 18-month-old Molly spent time on the paediatric intensive care unit after experiencing respiratory failure. She was later diagnosed with a rare chromosome abnormality.
Bet...ween them, Kate and Erin have raised a fantastic £300 for the charity.
Kate says: “Without this amazing hospital and the fantastic support it has provided for our children and our whole family around them, I honestly don’t know what we would do. The outdoor play area has been a godsend, making such a difference to how the children feel about coming to the hospital”
Thank you both, we couldn’t do what we do without our amazing supporters like you!
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It’s so lovely to see the hospital garden being used by so many families in this gorgeous weather! The Edwards family are here with seven-month-old Poppi, who’s receiving treatment for a bone infection. Poppi’s two-and-a-half year old brother, Rhys, is enjoying a picnic with his family for dinner this evening as a special treat for being such a good big brother!
It’s thanks to your support that families can spend time together like this in hospital.

This time last week, supermum Rachel Spencer from Cardiff was well into her self-styled Zipathalon challenge!
Rachel knew she wanted to take part in our first ever Zip Wire event as a way to say thank you to the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for taking such good care of her son, Jake, who turns two in November and has been a patient since birth.
Wanting to create even more of a challenge, Rachel decided to cycle 40 miles to the Zip Wire event in Chepstow, take part, then cy...cle and run back to the children’s hospital. The sun was shining and Rachel did an amazing job, setting off at 6.20am and arriving back to the hospital 11 hours and 80 miles later!
We’re so proud of Rachel for creating her own Zipathalon challenge and her amazing efforts have raised £2,025 to be used both to support the neonatal unit and the children’s hospital.
You can read Rachel and Jake’s story here https://bit.ly/2KzNXJN
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A very big sunny Friday thank you to class 4JT pupils at Ysgol y Deri who have worked very hard over the last year holding a bake sale, selling Christmas crafts and most recently making and selling pitta pizzas to raise funds for us.
You're all superstars and we promise that the money you've raised will go straight to helping the children who need it.

The play specialists are keeping the children busy celebrating 70 years of the NHS today! The children are enjoying the lovely craft workshops being held in the foyer of the Children's Hospital all day! #NHS70

Today is the NHS's 70th birthday and here are two of the millions of faces it makes a difference to every single day.
In December 2016, seven-year-old Dylan was diagnosed with an aggressive type of cancer called b-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma and has been a patient at the Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales ever since. His mum, Siobhan, writes poignantly about the experience of having a child with cancer in her blog The Little Big C.
In her most recent post to mark the... NHS' birthday, she speaks about the children's hospital and the people within it that makes her family's journey a little easier to deal with. It perfectly expresses why as a charity we are so proud to support the Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales. Siobhan has kindly allowed us to repost it here: bit.ly/2KBB8yA
Happy 70th Birthday NHS.
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WE DID IT! We've got ten extra free places for the Cardiff Half Marathon. If you haven't expressed an interest already, do it now before they run out of the door.
Message us to reserve your place.

Huge thanks again to everyone who took part in our first ever Zip Slide Challenge on Sunday. You’re well on course to collectively raising an amazing £10,000 for our Tiny Lives Appeal, bringing us ever closer to our £1 million target.
Take a look at our online gallery and see if you can spot yourselves!
https://noahsarkcharity.org/galleri…/zi p-wire-1st-july-2018/

A massive thank you to everyone who came down to support our first ever Zip Wire for Tiny Lives event today! The sun was shining and it was a huge success thanks to all our brilliant supporters. Watch this space for photos from the day this week, and please share yours with us! Thank you everyone, you're all amazing! #successfulsunday

Hands up if you'd like a FREE place for the Cardiff Half Marathon this October........because we may well be able to get you one.
Inbox us if you're interested and we'll do our very best to get you one next week. Your place will be free but we do ask you to commit to raising a minimum of £300 which we'll put directly towards supporting the care of thousands of children each year.

����������� no words to explain how grateful we ate for saving our Curtis when he was only 7 weeks old � you supported us massively through him being in a coma and thanks to your amazing team it's almost 3 years on and Curtis is a wonderful bouncy normal 3 year old and that's all down to you �

Yesterday my son Theo came into Starfish Outpatients for a skin prick test. The poor thing had to have 8 pinpricks done which is unpleasant for an 18 month old and scary.



Sharon, one of the play therapy team, came along to distract Theo and I can't praise her enough. She was funny and warm and kind and I can say for a fact that Theo's procedure was 100% more positive for her presence. So glad that Noah's Ark fund these important staff.

What a wonderful hospital experience we had for Clara's hernia operation. The staff at Noah's Ark are superb; the nurse who sang Hickory Dickory Dock with me to help keep Clara calm as she was put under, Catherine the lovely anaesthetist, the amazing surgeons, Angela from the recovery team who cwtched Clara afterwards, the volunteers who provided sweet tea aplenty, the brilliant nurses, Robert the friendly porter...awesome people, every one of you! Thank you for your dedication and providing such excellent care.

Clara is now back to her cheeky, smiley self.

Ella, Doug and Clara x

We’ve seen a little too much of this building these last six weeks, with Meggie’s broken leg and Billy’s septic arthritis. We’ve been so fortunate that both have made brilliant recoveries, thanks to the fantastic care they’ve received and those amazing #NHS staff who’ve gone the extra mile for them and us. The surgeon who cuddled and comforted Billy in Recovery after performing his emergency surgery before I arrived from the ward. The radiographer who pretended to take an X-ray of Meggie’s toy cat to encourage Meggie not to be frightened of having an X-ray herself. The Health Care Assistant who took such care and time to be as quiet as possible doing Billy’s nighttime observations to avoid waking him when he was so exhausted and in desperate need of sleep. The nurse who spent ages trying to find a yellow cast for Meggie, her favourite colour. The doctor who said she was going to pretend she hadn’t heard my profession as she wanted to treat me like a mother, not a nursing colleague. The Advanced Nurse Practitioner in A&E who identified that Billy might have the septic arthritis and who acted so swiftly. The volunteers who bought us so much hot, sweet tea.... the list goes on.





#nhsstaffareamazing #ThankYouNHS @nhsmillion

@ University Hospital of Wales

Very happy with my Sons operation it went perfect. Thanks for everything.



Only disappointment was the amount of dogends around hospital. Literally thousands upon thousands. Also the people allowed to smoke in non smoking areas yuk

There are no words to comprehend how amazing the staff are here from the surgeons, to the theatre recovery staff, to the nurses on the ward, the healthcare assistants the volunteers & everyone else in between! We had a 3 night stay back in March in the horrendous snowy weather with our son Oakley and the staff went above & beyond including sleep ins, his surgery went ahead even though the weather his awful and everyone was stuck I honestly can’t praise them enough for everything they have done for us we had another stay last week just for the one night but again all the staff were fantastic again and go above and beyond every time. They deserve all the praise they get, they work hard & they genuinely are such amazing people! Thank you all �

Thank you so much to all the staff on Owl ward! During our stay this week, all the members of staff were so caring and helpful- from our pre-op assessment over the telephone to being discharged, all the staff were incredible and made our experience so much easier. My little boy will be returning for another operation in the new year and we know that he will be offered the best possible care whilst staying at the hospital again.



Thank you so much! X

Such an amazing charity. Can’t tell you how much our friends and family admire all you do ��

Our stay on the owl ward is always as pleasant as a hospital visit can be. The staff are welcoming and helpful. They are understanding of you and your child's needs. The facilities are cleaned and the staff doing food etc are bright and cheery. Some staff go out of their way to make the children feel safe and comfortable and this is so reasurraing. And so close to Christmas where stuff must be feeling run down/tired and stressed they have nothing but smiles and jokes for the children. Thank you to all on the ward and office staff/surgeons etc who made the whole experience calm and pleasant.

Our 5 year old son had a very nasty break to his arm on Friday and was admitted to the Heath. We want to say a big thank you to the nurses, doctors and surgical team of children's A&E and the children's ward. They were so efficient, thorough, caring and nothing was too much trouble. They are a real credit to our NHS and we can't thank them enough xxx

Our 10 month old had bronchiolitis. A serious virus for someone that age! We couldn’t of asked for better care. From our original admission to the High Dependency Unit. You were all fantastic. One to one care, the nurses giving us reassuring advice and Lola (our daughter) being able to experience the Sensory Room; wow! Utterly amazing and we thank you for effectively saving our daughters life. I have now set up a monthly donation that I hope will help pay the doctors and nurses that do such a phenomenal job and equipment that keep children entertained at such stressful times. Thank you.

My little girl had to stay in from Friday to Sunday and the staff on the island ward were amazing they reassured and explained everything to us every step of the way I can't fault them ... thank you so much for helping my little girl get better x

I would like to say a massive thank you to all the staff on pelican ward. My daughter was with you yesterday. Not only did you make her experience calm for her but you went above and beyond. I am so very greatful and thankful for you looking after her.

Jenna Silcox

I thank the NHS in particularly the teams at noah’s Ark for their dedication, passion and expertise. Thanks for looking after my son Umberto and after me!!!

I cannot thank the staff which include nurses, healthcare assistants, the Noah’s ark play team and Physio’s for being not just absolutely amazing at their job but for being amazing people too. 6 weeks we were on owl ward ladybird and regardless of the reasons my Taylor was in it was such a pleasurable stay. They couldn’t do enough for Taylor and us and spoilt him terrible . He had his birthday at the Hospital and it was his best one yet! I hope we never have to visit hospital again but if we did it would be such a relief knowing what is there for my children and how well they are looked after. Thank u to absolutely everyone from the bottom of our hearts Xxxxxx Taylor Harris and Mum Ladybird 6 Xxxxx

I am here at the moment with my 9 year old son Joshua, who was admitted on Monday. We were initially in the assessment unit called Seahorse and then taken to Jungle Ward. Wow is all I can say. The hospital is amazing, but above all that the staff are totally amazing. My son has had THE best care from ALL staff and cannot thank them enough. All too often today people complain about the NHS and the state of it. Well it is not because of the staff I can tell you. Imagine how they feel everyday with shortages and cutbacks. The care my son has received has been second to none and we would both like to thank them from the bottom of our hearts. My daughter and I did the family charity walk for the hospital last year and I feel so glad that we did. Well done you hard-working bunch of people and thank you.

An amazing hospital I can relate to many nurses who were in my daughters care in the old ICU, heulwen ward and ocean ward in the Noah’s ark hospital my baby is 9 now I just want to give the special nurses Jenny and Carla from Heulwen ward (HDU) and Elizabeth in the PICU for sitting my Seren day in day out taking care I’d love to be able to speak to these wonderful nurses again � they all saved my little girls life and kept me sane through a very hard 10,11 months forever greatful xxx

8 years ago my youngest son Loki spend 9 weeks on Ocean ward. Without the dedication of all the nurses and doctors he wouldn't be with us today. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all the NHS do for us

My son is being cared for by the starfish team as an outpatient ...people like these give up so much to care and treat sick children through their expertise they give new hope the cardiff unit is impressive they give one to one contact and guide you as a parent through every step well done to a fantastic friendly team ...advancing to give so many children a future ...

����������� no words to explain how grateful we ate for saving our Curtis when he was only 7 weeks old � you supported us massively through him being in a coma and thanks to your amazing team it's almost 3 years on and Curtis is a wonderful bouncy normal 3 year old and that's all down to you �

Yesterday my son Theo came into Starfish Outpatients for a skin prick test. The poor thing had to have 8 pinpricks done which is unpleasant for an 18 month old and scary.



Sharon, one of the play therapy team, came along to distract Theo and I can't praise her enough. She was funny and warm and kind and I can say for a fact that Theo's procedure was 100% more positive for her presence. So glad that Noah's Ark fund these important staff.

What a wonderful hospital experience we had for Clara's hernia operation. The staff at Noah's Ark are superb; the nurse who sang Hickory Dickory Dock with me to help keep Clara calm as she was put under, Catherine the lovely anaesthetist, the amazing surgeons, Angela from the recovery team who cwtched Clara afterwards, the volunteers who provided sweet tea aplenty, the brilliant nurses, Robert the friendly porter...awesome people, every one of you! Thank you for your dedication and providing such excellent care.

Clara is now back to her cheeky, smiley self.

Ella, Doug and Clara x

We’ve seen a little too much of this building these last six weeks, with Meggie’s broken leg and Billy’s septic arthritis. We’ve been so fortunate that both have made brilliant recoveries, thanks to the fantastic care they’ve received and those amazing #NHS staff who’ve gone the extra mile for them and us. The surgeon who cuddled and comforted Billy in Recovery after performing his emergency surgery before I arrived from the ward. The radiographer who pretended to take an X-ray of Meggie’s toy cat to encourage Meggie not to be frightened of having an X-ray herself. The Health Care Assistant who took such care and time to be as quiet as possible doing Billy’s nighttime observations to avoid waking him when he was so exhausted and in desperate need of sleep. The nurse who spent ages trying to find a yellow cast for Meggie, her favourite colour. The doctor who said she was going to pretend she hadn’t heard my profession as she wanted to treat me like a mother, not a nursing colleague. The Advanced Nurse Practitioner in A&E who identified that Billy might have the septic arthritis and who acted so swiftly. The volunteers who bought us so much hot, sweet tea.... the list goes on.





#nhsstaffareamazing #ThankYouNHS @nhsmillion

@ University Hospital of Wales

Very happy with my Sons operation it went perfect. Thanks for everything.



Only disappointment was the amount of dogends around hospital. Literally thousands upon thousands. Also the people allowed to smoke in non smoking areas yuk

There are no words to comprehend how amazing the staff are here from the surgeons, to the theatre recovery staff, to the nurses on the ward, the healthcare assistants the volunteers & everyone else in between! We had a 3 night stay back in March in the horrendous snowy weather with our son Oakley and the staff went above & beyond including sleep ins, his surgery went ahead even though the weather his awful and everyone was stuck I honestly can’t praise them enough for everything they have done for us we had another stay last week just for the one night but again all the staff were fantastic again and go above and beyond every time. They deserve all the praise they get, they work hard & they genuinely are such amazing people! Thank you all �

Thank you so much to all the staff on Owl ward! During our stay this week, all the members of staff were so caring and helpful- from our pre-op assessment over the telephone to being discharged, all the staff were incredible and made our experience so much easier. My little boy will be returning for another operation in the new year and we know that he will be offered the best possible care whilst staying at the hospital again.



Thank you so much! X

Such an amazing charity. Can’t tell you how much our friends and family admire all you do ��

Our stay on the owl ward is always as pleasant as a hospital visit can be. The staff are welcoming and helpful. They are understanding of you and your child's needs. The facilities are cleaned and the staff doing food etc are bright and cheery. Some staff go out of their way to make the children feel safe and comfortable and this is so reasurraing. And so close to Christmas where stuff must be feeling run down/tired and stressed they have nothing but smiles and jokes for the children. Thank you to all on the ward and office staff/surgeons etc who made the whole experience calm and pleasant.

Our 5 year old son had a very nasty break to his arm on Friday and was admitted to the Heath. We want to say a big thank you to the nurses, doctors and surgical team of children's A&E and the children's ward. They were so efficient, thorough, caring and nothing was too much trouble. They are a real credit to our NHS and we can't thank them enough xxx

Our 10 month old had bronchiolitis. A serious virus for someone that age! We couldn’t of asked for better care. From our original admission to the High Dependency Unit. You were all fantastic. One to one care, the nurses giving us reassuring advice and Lola (our daughter) being able to experience the Sensory Room; wow! Utterly amazing and we thank you for effectively saving our daughters life. I have now set up a monthly donation that I hope will help pay the doctors and nurses that do such a phenomenal job and equipment that keep children entertained at such stressful times. Thank you.

My little girl had to stay in from Friday to Sunday and the staff on the island ward were amazing they reassured and explained everything to us every step of the way I can't fault them ... thank you so much for helping my little girl get better x

I would like to say a massive thank you to all the staff on pelican ward. My daughter was with you yesterday. Not only did you make her experience calm for her but you went above and beyond. I am so very greatful and thankful for you looking after her.

Jenna Silcox

I thank the NHS in particularly the teams at noah’s Ark for their dedication, passion and expertise. Thanks for looking after my son Umberto and after me!!!

I cannot thank the staff which include nurses, healthcare assistants, the Noah’s ark play team and Physio’s for being not just absolutely amazing at their job but for being amazing people too. 6 weeks we were on owl ward ladybird and regardless of the reasons my Taylor was in it was such a pleasurable stay. They couldn’t do enough for Taylor and us and spoilt him terrible . He had his birthday at the Hospital and it was his best one yet! I hope we never have to visit hospital again but if we did it would be such a relief knowing what is there for my children and how well they are looked after. Thank u to absolutely everyone from the bottom of our hearts Xxxxxx Taylor Harris and Mum Ladybird 6 Xxxxx

I am here at the moment with my 9 year old son Joshua, who was admitted on Monday. We were initially in the assessment unit called Seahorse and then taken to Jungle Ward. Wow is all I can say. The hospital is amazing, but above all that the staff are totally amazing. My son has had THE best care from ALL staff and cannot thank them enough. All too often today people complain about the NHS and the state of it. Well it is not because of the staff I can tell you. Imagine how they feel everyday with shortages and cutbacks. The care my son has received has been second to none and we would both like to thank them from the bottom of our hearts. My daughter and I did the family charity walk for the hospital last year and I feel so glad that we did. Well done you hard-working bunch of people and thank you.

An amazing hospital I can relate to many nurses who were in my daughters care in the old ICU, heulwen ward and ocean ward in the Noah’s ark hospital my baby is 9 now I just want to give the special nurses Jenny and Carla from Heulwen ward (HDU) and Elizabeth in the PICU for sitting my Seren day in day out taking care I’d love to be able to speak to these wonderful nurses again � they all saved my little girls life and kept me sane through a very hard 10,11 months forever greatful xxx

8 years ago my youngest son Loki spend 9 weeks on Ocean ward. Without the dedication of all the nurses and doctors he wouldn't be with us today. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all the NHS do for us

My son is being cared for by the starfish team as an outpatient ...people like these give up so much to care and treat sick children through their expertise they give new hope the cardiff unit is impressive they give one to one contact and guide you as a parent through every step well done to a fantastic friendly team ...advancing to give so many children a future ...

����������� no words to explain how grateful we ate for saving our Curtis when he was only 7 weeks old � you supported us massively through him being in a coma and thanks to your amazing team it's almost 3 years on and Curtis is a wonderful bouncy normal 3 year old and that's all down to you �

Yesterday my son Theo came into Starfish Outpatients for a skin prick test. The poor thing had to have 8 pinpricks done which is unpleasant for an 18 month old and scary.



Sharon, one of the play therapy team, came along to distract Theo and I can't praise her enough. She was funny and warm and kind and I can say for a fact that Theo's procedure was 100% more positive for her presence. So glad that Noah's Ark fund these important staff.

What a wonderful hospital experience we had for Clara's hernia operation. The staff at Noah's Ark are superb; the nurse who sang Hickory Dickory Dock with me to help keep Clara calm as she was put under, Catherine the lovely anaesthetist, the amazing surgeons, Angela from the recovery team who cwtched Clara afterwards, the volunteers who provided sweet tea aplenty, the brilliant nurses, Robert the friendly porter...awesome people, every one of you! Thank you for your dedication and providing such excellent care.

Clara is now back to her cheeky, smiley self.

Ella, Doug and Clara x

We’ve seen a little too much of this building these last six weeks, with Meggie’s broken leg and Billy’s septic arthritis. We’ve been so fortunate that both have made brilliant recoveries, thanks to the fantastic care they’ve received and those amazing #NHS staff who’ve gone the extra mile for them and us. The surgeon who cuddled and comforted Billy in Recovery after performing his emergency surgery before I arrived from the ward. The radiographer who pretended to take an X-ray of Meggie’s toy cat to encourage Meggie not to be frightened of having an X-ray herself. The Health Care Assistant who took such care and time to be as quiet as possible doing Billy’s nighttime observations to avoid waking him when he was so exhausted and in desperate need of sleep. The nurse who spent ages trying to find a yellow cast for Meggie, her favourite colour. The doctor who said she was going to pretend she hadn’t heard my profession as she wanted to treat me like a mother, not a nursing colleague. The Advanced Nurse Practitioner in A&E who identified that Billy might have the septic arthritis and who acted so swiftly. The volunteers who bought us so much hot, sweet tea.... the list goes on.





#nhsstaffareamazing #ThankYouNHS @nhsmillion

@ University Hospital of Wales

Very happy with my Sons operation it went perfect. Thanks for everything.



Only disappointment was the amount of dogends around hospital. Literally thousands upon thousands. Also the people allowed to smoke in non smoking areas yuk

There are no words to comprehend how amazing the staff are here from the surgeons, to the theatre recovery staff, to the nurses on the ward, the healthcare assistants the volunteers & everyone else in between! We had a 3 night stay back in March in the horrendous snowy weather with our son Oakley and the staff went above & beyond including sleep ins, his surgery went ahead even though the weather his awful and everyone was stuck I honestly can’t praise them enough for everything they have done for us we had another stay last week just for the one night but again all the staff were fantastic again and go above and beyond every time. They deserve all the praise they get, they work hard & they genuinely are such amazing people! Thank you all �

Thank you so much to all the staff on Owl ward! During our stay this week, all the members of staff were so caring and helpful- from our pre-op assessment over the telephone to being discharged, all the staff were incredible and made our experience so much easier. My little boy will be returning for another operation in the new year and we know that he will be offered the best possible care whilst staying at the hospital again.



Thank you so much! X

Such an amazing charity. Can’t tell you how much our friends and family admire all you do ��

Our stay on the owl ward is always as pleasant as a hospital visit can be. The staff are welcoming and helpful. They are understanding of you and your child's needs. The facilities are cleaned and the staff doing food etc are bright and cheery. Some staff go out of their way to make the children feel safe and comfortable and this is so reasurraing. And so close to Christmas where stuff must be feeling run down/tired and stressed they have nothing but smiles and jokes for the children. Thank you to all on the ward and office staff/surgeons etc who made the whole experience calm and pleasant.

Our 5 year old son had a very nasty break to his arm on Friday and was admitted to the Heath. We want to say a big thank you to the nurses, doctors and surgical team of children's A&E and the children's ward. They were so efficient, thorough, caring and nothing was too much trouble. They are a real credit to our NHS and we can't thank them enough xxx

Our 10 month old had bronchiolitis. A serious virus for someone that age! We couldn’t of asked for better care. From our original admission to the High Dependency Unit. You were all fantastic. One to one care, the nurses giving us reassuring advice and Lola (our daughter) being able to experience the Sensory Room; wow! Utterly amazing and we thank you for effectively saving our daughters life. I have now set up a monthly donation that I hope will help pay the doctors and nurses that do such a phenomenal job and equipment that keep children entertained at such stressful times. Thank you.

My little girl had to stay in from Friday to Sunday and the staff on the island ward were amazing they reassured and explained everything to us every step of the way I can't fault them ... thank you so much for helping my little girl get better x

I would like to say a massive thank you to all the staff on pelican ward. My daughter was with you yesterday. Not only did you make her experience calm for her but you went above and beyond. I am so very greatful and thankful for you looking after her.

Jenna Silcox

I thank the NHS in particularly the teams at noah’s Ark for their dedication, passion and expertise. Thanks for looking after my son Umberto and after me!!!

I cannot thank the staff which include nurses, healthcare assistants, the Noah’s ark play team and Physio’s for being not just absolutely amazing at their job but for being amazing people too. 6 weeks we were on owl ward ladybird and regardless of the reasons my Taylor was in it was such a pleasurable stay. They couldn’t do enough for Taylor and us and spoilt him terrible . He had his birthday at the Hospital and it was his best one yet! I hope we never have to visit hospital again but if we did it would be such a relief knowing what is there for my children and how well they are looked after. Thank u to absolutely everyone from the bottom of our hearts Xxxxxx Taylor Harris and Mum Ladybird 6 Xxxxx

I am here at the moment with my 9 year old son Joshua, who was admitted on Monday. We were initially in the assessment unit called Seahorse and then taken to Jungle Ward. Wow is all I can say. The hospital is amazing, but above all that the staff are totally amazing. My son has had THE best care from ALL staff and cannot thank them enough. All too often today people complain about the NHS and the state of it. Well it is not because of the staff I can tell you. Imagine how they feel everyday with shortages and cutbacks. The care my son has received has been second to none and we would both like to thank them from the bottom of our hearts. My daughter and I did the family charity walk for the hospital last year and I feel so glad that we did. Well done you hard-working bunch of people and thank you.

An amazing hospital I can relate to many nurses who were in my daughters care in the old ICU, heulwen ward and ocean ward in the Noah’s ark hospital my baby is 9 now I just want to give the special nurses Jenny and Carla from Heulwen ward (HDU) and Elizabeth in the PICU for sitting my Seren day in day out taking care I’d love to be able to speak to these wonderful nurses again � they all saved my little girls life and kept me sane through a very hard 10,11 months forever greatful xxx

8 years ago my youngest son Loki spend 9 weeks on Ocean ward. Without the dedication of all the nurses and doctors he wouldn't be with us today. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all the NHS do for us

My son is being cared for by the starfish team as an outpatient ...people like these give up so much to care and treat sick children through their expertise they give new hope the cardiff unit is impressive they give one to one contact and guide you as a parent through every step well done to a fantastic friendly team ...advancing to give so many children a future ...