'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
'Zipper Kids' Melbourne Photo Shoot
By David Caird
14 December, 2016
Poppy Smith is bouncing towards Christmas, celebrating a win in a ­battle that nearly cost her life.
The bubbly four-year-old is one of Victoria’s “zipper” kids, the tots who have had heart surgery and wear their scars with pride.
She will one day need a heart transplant, but for now is celebrating a battle won in 2016.
Poppy, Milly Johnston, 3, William Davies, 2, and William Bayliss, 11 months, are our smiling “zipper” kids.
The scars along their chests are the only obvious clues to their tough starts in life. Poppy has a simple explanation for anyone wanting to know why she has a special scar: “I am a heart kid — you are not.”
All four have undergone major heart surgery at the Royal Children’s Hospital this year.
But, thanks to incredible progress over 20 years, this complex surgery has become almost routine at Melbourne’s world-leading paediatric hospital. 


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