Heart baby due to leave hospital

Theo only has half a heart and has had five operations

A baby born with half-a-heart is on his way home only two months after he was given just weeks to live.

Theo Davis from Cumbria, who has hypoplastic left heart syndrome, had five operations to keep him alive while he waited for a donor organ.

But the one-year-old amazed doctors when he began breathing on his own, and was taken off the transplant list.

His parents have praised staff at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital, where he made his "miraculous recovery".

Parents Rebecca Giles and Ryan Davis say they are overwhelmed by their son's progress.

Miss Giles said: "It's a miracle really. I don't think we've got our heads round it yet.

"I didn't think this day would come and I definitely couldn't have hoped it would be this soon. It's only been two months.

"What they've done for Theo is amazing. I can't wait to get him home to sleep in his own bed, and to live a normal life with him."

Following his rapid recovery, baby Theo may now only need a new heart when he is a teenager.