Devastated parents have spoken of their heartbreak after their newborn baby died of a rare infection just days after being born.
Dan Burt and fiancée Kay-Marie Dors "knew something wasn't right" with their baby girl Cora after she became very sleepy and refused to have her milk on May 8.
After being rushed to hospital, Cora was sedated after having seizures and breathing struggles, Bristol Live reports.
Miss Dors said: "It was just horrific, to see her with tubes all over her. She looked so tiny.
"We still had no idea what was going on and why she had gone downhill so fast. She was sedated and looked so peaceful."
While at Bristol Children's Hospital, doctors carried out a series of tests on Cora.
After an anxious wait, the newborn baby's parents were told their daughter had developed an infection called beta-hemolytic strep sepsis, and inflammation of the brain called encephalitis.
Doctors explained she had suffered serious brain damage and even if she did recover, she would not be able to breathe by herself, walk, talk or eat.
Reliving the heartbreaking moment on a JustGiving page, Miss Dors, 31, said: "We knew we had to let our little girl go.
"Never in a million years would I ever think that I would be letting my child leave us, but I had to remember it was the only fair thing for her, even though my heart was being ripped out of my chest.
"We had our time and said what we needed to say, kissed her, stroked her face, held her hand, kissed her more."
Cora was the couple's third child, and was born at the end of April at St Michael's Hospital in Bristol.
She appeared to be healthy and passed all the newborn tests, and spent a happy two weeks at home before dying at hospital on May 10, two days after admission.
Miss Dors said: "Holding my baby, she had gone, wrapped up in her blanket with her bunny and Teddy she was handed to me.
"My little girl looked so peaceful. She passed peacefully and was surrounded with love. She looked perfect as she always did.
"I cannot explain the pain you feel. Emptiness, numbness, there is no explanation."
The lockdown restrictions meant Cora had never even had the chance to cuddle up to her grandparents or other immediate family members, who had only been able to see her from afar.
Cora's parents, who live in Langford near Bristol Airport, have also set up a JustGiving page to fundraise for the hospital ward where Cora died.
Miss Dors wants to raise awareness of what happened to help other families and try and try take what few positives she can out of the ordeal.
"We have got to celebrate her life, however short it was, and raise awareness that if you feel something is wrong, you have got to get it checked," she said.
"If we can help at least one family to not have to go through what we are going through, then I'll be happy."
The money raised on the JustGiving page will be put towards The Grand Appeal, which is the Bristol Children's Hospital charity.
Cora was cared for there at the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), and Miss Dors described the staff there as "walking angels".
So far, more than £1,500 has been raised. Visit the fundraising page here.
