'i Am Doing Okay. I Have My Moments... I Have Lost My Daughter'

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Three months connected from nan decease of his babe daughter, Dougie Imrie tin still perceive nan sounds of nan machines successful nan neonatal portion arsenic a hopeless conflict was waged to prevention her life.

Remi was calved three-and-a-half months prematurely.

The 20 days that Dougie and his partner Lauren spent pinch their girl were nan astir difficult and precious of their lives.

"We had immoderate bully days," nan Morton head says. "We thought astatine times she was turning a corner, and truthful did nan staff. But, successful nan end, her small lungs conscionable couldn't get capable power to support her going.

"Myself and Lauren were location erstwhile she took her past breath.

"It was really tough. But I find it easier to talk astir it alternatively than saying thing and letting it build up and possibly exploding down nan line.

"I deliberation I find comfortableness successful speaking astir nan situation. Maybe different family that person gone done nan aforesaid wounded and nonaccomplishment of their beloved babe tin possibly subordinate and find a measurement to thief pinch nan business they are going through."

An rumor pinch nan placenta resulted successful Remi being calved 14 weeks early. She weighed 1 lb 4 ounces.

"Week 20, week 21 we conscionable went for a regular check-up arsenic each family does," Imrie recalls. "They were very quiet. They were taking her measurements past said they would beryllium backmost successful a minute.

"You get that consciousness erstwhile 3 aliases 4 different doctors, nurses and midwives travel done nan doorway to look astatine nan screen.

"The extracurricular world won't understand nan emotions and nan rollercoaster you spell through."

Scottish shot rallied successful support of Imrie and his family arsenic nan news of Remi's plight emerged.

He would spot it first manus arsenic he took his squad to look Partick Thistle successful a Scottish Championship game.

"The infinitesimal erstwhile I came retired of nan passageway astatine Firhill and saw nan statement from nan [Morton] fans was thing that will unrecorded pinch maine forever."

And, arsenic a erstwhile Hamilton Academical player, Imrie was stunned by nan show of support from derby rivals Motherwell.

"The Motherwell fans astatine Hearts nan week aft was amazing," he adds. "The battles myself and Motherwell person had, that goes to nan broadside and you spot nan existent fans.

"That's portion and parcel of football, rivalries travel together and it's tit-for-tat but that blew maine away. It blew my family away, it blew Lauren away.

"I will ever beryllium thankful to nan fans for doing that. They didn't person to do that, but it showed a touch of people from them."

Remi mislaid her conflict for life successful August.

After nan attraction nan family had received, Imrie and Lauren decided they needed to do thing affirmative successful representation of their daughter.

Last period they presented nan University Hospital Wishaw pinch a cheque for £18,000 raised successful Remi's memory.

"The unit were incredible," he says. "These group were so, truthful calm and unthinkable astatine their job. We tin springiness thing backmost to them that they tin thief different family nan measurement they helped us.

"I deliberation I americium doing okay. I person my moments, I'm not going to lie. It's beautiful raw. I person mislaid my daughter. I will ne'er beryllium capable to walk clip pinch her again.

"Lauren is location [at nan grave] each day. The wounded and symptom will ne'er spell away."

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