Its all smiles for young Sebastian after he pulled through heart surgery

When Sebastian was born in 2011, parents Stuart and Jenny were over the moon to welcome their second child into the world.

But things took a turn for the worst when he was only six weeks old when, during a routine check, a heart murmur was detected.

Doctors soon diagnosed him with a severe heart condition and since then he has had to undergo three major operations and now only has half a heart.

But the youngster is all smiles after making a full recovery from surgery and returning home to his family in Cheslyn Hay as he prepares to go back to play school next week.

Mr Garrett said: "It has been a tough three years. Sebastian went in for a routine check at six weeks and doctors picked up a heart murmur.

"We were allowed that day to go home but things took a turn for the worst overnight and we had to take him into Stafford Hospital.

"He wasn't feeding properly and was breathless.

"He was connected up to an oxygen machine and had very low levels in his blood.

"He was struggling for oxygen. We took him into Birmingham Children's Hospital and he was diagnosed with a severe heart condition."

At seven weeks Sebastian underwent a heart operation and at 13 months had his first open heart surgery at Birmingham Children's Hospital.

In November last year he underwent his third procedure and returned home just in time for Christmas.

Mr Garrett continued: "Sebastian now has what they call a handmade heart. Only two chambers of his heart work instead of four. "Essentially he's only got half a heart.

"The staff at Birmingham Children's Hospital were fantastic. The nurses there and the surgeons are so good at what they do.

"There is no better place to take your child than there. We just want to thank them for everything they have done."

Since the operation, Sebastian has to take Warfarin every day which thins his blood as it is three times thinner than a healthy child. And he has to have regular weekly hospital checks.

But Mr Garrett, who is a business development executive, added: "Sebastian looks like a normal, healthy child. You wouldn't know he only has half a heart just by looking at him.

"It's great that he's going back to play school next week. There are risks though. If say he fell and banged his head, he could have internal bleeding and as his blood is a lot thinner than it should be, it is harder for it to clot.

"Doctors have said in the years to come he'll need a heart transplant but we'll face that when it comes."

Mr Garrett added he and his wife Jenny, 29, a full-time mother and their daughter Livia-Rose, four, were delighted to have Sebastian back home.