NHS angel was able to hug her son after THIRTEEN weeks apart

This is the heart-warming moment a self-isolating NHS angel was able to hug her four-year-old son for the first time after being forced apart for THIRTEEN weeks. Nursing assistant Sinead Gill, 31, said it "was the best day ever" as she held on tightly to her little lad Blake for the first time after three gruelling months apart. Delighted Blake can be seen excitedly opening the door before rushing inside to give Sinead and his dad Tom Mitchell, 28, a loving embrace for the first time since March.The youngster had been staying with his grandparents, Jack and Betty, both 58, after the ward Sinead works on at Manchester Royal Infirmary was converted to a Covid ward.Sinead and Tom, a factory worker, managed to see their only son through the safety of a window a couple of times since they were separated. But last Sunday (June 28), the family were finally reunited in an emotional scene as Blake came home for good.Sinead said: "It was amazing, it was the best day ever, he's my little boy, he's my world."It's his birthday next month too so I really wanted him to be home for that, I couldn't have coped not having him here for his birthday."It was the best feeling ever being able to hold him, hug him and touch him and not have to see him through a window or from a distance and tell him he can't come any closer."He loved it, he gave me a massive hug and wanted to go and get his toys and play in his bedroom."Sinead made the gut-wrenching decision to keep her beloved boy away from the family home in Chorlton, Manchester, on March 31.Her ward had taken on Covid patients and she was concerned about spreading the virus when dropping Blake off at her parents, who care for him while Sinead and Tom work.She added: "I had been off work poorly and when I was going back, I knew my ward was now a Covid ward."I was really not sure what to expect, but my parents usually look after Blake when we're at work so I didn't want to run the risk of infecting them."So we decided the best thing to do would be for Blake to stay with them long-term until the situation on my ward improved."We thought it might be a month or six weeks, but it ended up being 13 weeks, which were the hardest of my life."My head knew it was the right decision, but I had to convince my heart it was the right thing to do to keep everyone safe. "I knew it was the best thing to do, but it was still heartbreaking.They spoke on FaceTime every day, but on the two occasions the couple went to visit Blake, they could only see him through a window.Sinead added: "It was really hard not being able to do even little things like check in on him before bed and kiss him goodnight."We didn't want to visit him a lot and confuse him because we'd told him that he could not come near mummy."We would FaceTime every day and that kept me going because it was so nice to see his face and speak to him."There was only a couple of times throughout that we didn't FaceTime because he went to bed early."He's very close to my parents and ever since he was born he would stay with once a week and my dad is a big softy with him, so he was happy there."Sinead decided that Blake could return home last week as the situation on her ward had improved and she was no longer caring for Covid patients.She added: "When we said he could come home, he was actually really worried that he couldn't come close to me because of the germs."But when he got here, he said 'can I stay here forever now?'

And I was like 'yes, of course you can'."We're just so glad to be a family again and I'm so lucky to have such great parents."Blake said: "I'm so happy I could come back and stay here forever."Grandad Jack said he missed his daily cuddles with Blake, but was glad the youngster had some normality back I his life.He said: "When we went into lockdown we thought the best thing to do was for Blake to isolate with us."His mum would be going back and forth to the hospital and his dad would be mixing with other people at the food factory. "We only thought it would be for a short while and never dreamed he would be with us for three months. "He was very resilient and quickly adapted and settled down to life with us. "He kept us both very busy which made the days and weeks go by very quickly."We miss him now has gone back home and the house is very quiet without him but he needed to get back to some sort of normality."

This is the heart-warming moment a self-isolating NHS angel was able to hug her four-year-old son for the first time after being forced apart for THIRTEEN weeks.

Nursing assistant Sinead Gill, 31, said it "was the best day ever" as she held on tightly to her little lad Blake for the first time after three gruelling months apart.

Delighted Blake can be seen excitedly opening the door before rushing inside to give Sinead and his dad Tom Mitchell, 28, a loving embrace for the first time since March.The youngster had been staying with his grandparents, Jack and Betty, both 58, after the ward Sinead works on at Manchester Royal Infirmary was converted to a Covid ward.Sinead and Tom, a factory worker, managed to see their only son through the safety of a window a couple of times since they were separated.

But last Sunday (June 28), the family were finally reunited in an emotional scene as Blake came home for good.Sinead said: "It was amazing, it was the best day ever, he's my little boy, he's my world."It's his birthday next month too so I really wanted him to be home for that, I couldn't have coped not having him here for his birthday."It was the best feeling ever being able to hold him, hug him and touch him and not have to see him through a window or from a distance and tell him he can't come any closer."He loved it, he gave me a massive hug and wanted to go and get his toys and play in his bedroom."Sinead made the gut-wrenching decision to keep her beloved boy away from the family home in Chorlton, Manchester, on March 31.Her ward had taken on Covid patients and she was concerned about spreading the virus when dropping Blake off at her parents, who care for him while Sinead and Tom work.She added: "I had been off work poorly and when I was going back, I knew my ward was now a Covid ward."I was really not sure what to expect, but my parents usually look after Blake when we're at work so I didn't want to run the risk of infecting them."So we decided the best thing to do would be for Blake to stay with them long-term until the situation on my ward improved."We thought it might be a month or six weeks, but it ended up being 13 weeks, which were the hardest of my life."My head knew it was the right decision, but I had to convince my heart it was the right thing to do to keep everyone safe.

"I knew it was the best thing to do, but it was still heartbreaking.They spoke on FaceTime every day, but on the two occasions the couple went to visit Blake, they could only see him through a window.Sinead added: "It was really hard not being able to do even little things like check in on him before bed and kiss him goodnight."We didn't want to visit him a lot and confuse him because we'd told him that he could not come near mummy."We would FaceTime every day and that kept me going because it was so nice to see his face and speak to him."There was only a couple of times throughout that we didn't FaceTime because he went to bed early."He's very close to my parents and ever since he was born he would stay with once a week and my dad is a big softy with him, so he was happy there."Sinead decided that Blake could return home last week as the situation on her ward had improved and she was no longer caring for Covid patients.She added: "When we said he could come home, he was actually really worried that he couldn't come close to me because of the germs."But when he got here, he said 'can I stay here forever now?'

And I was like 'yes, of course you can'."We're just so glad to be a family again and I'm so lucky to have such great parents."Blake said: "I'm so happy I could come back and stay here forever."Grandad Jack said he missed his daily cuddles with Blake, but was glad the youngster had some normality back I his life.He said: "When we went into lockdown we thought the best thing to do was for Blake to isolate with us."His mum would be going back and forth to the hospital and his dad would be mixing with other people at the food factory.

"We only thought it would be for a short while and never dreamed he would be with us for three months.

"He was very resilient and quickly adapted and settled down to life with us.

"He kept us both very busy which made the days and weeks go by very quickly."We miss him now has gone back home and the house is very quiet without him but he needed to get back to some sort of normality."