Christmas is meant to be a joyous time, but on the 20th of December 2012, the St. Pierre family received the terrible news that their daughter Layney Grace, had passed away, born too early at 21 weeks and 5 days to survive in the outside world.
Mourning their only daughter, Monique and husband Jereme were nonetheless aware that Layney would need to be taken away to the hospital mortuary and that there was a time limit on their grief.
In honour of their daughter and to prevent other parents feeling they could not spend all the time they needed with their babies in their bereavement, the Tannum Sands couple aim to raise money to donate
‘cuddle cots’ to every hospital in Central Queensland, donating one today to the Gladstone Mater Hospital.
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