"LITTLE fighter" Lucas Reynolds doesn't know the meaning of giving up.
Born with an undiagnosed heart defect, he underwent open heart surgery when he was just 12 days old.
For the next eight weeks the Hiltonyoungster's parents watched their only child fight for survival – but he made it.
Then, last month, worse was to come.
A second operation was needed on his heart to widen his arteries and make his blood flow more easily.
But, as he lay unconscious in the recovery room after the op, little Lucas, who is now two, went into cardiac arrest.
Medics saved him once again but, incredibly, as part of his recovery, he spent two days with his chest open which meant his mum and dad, Fiona and Jason, could even see his heart little beating.
"He's put us through some pretty horrendous and scary times since he was born but he's a little fighter," Fiona said.
"He doesn't know the meaning of giving up and we are there every step of the way with him, of that he can be sure.
"Lucas certainly doesn't do things by halves."
Rolls-Royce worker Fiona, 37, of Kyle Road, said her son's heart defect was not picked up during her pregnancy and he was diagnosed at birth.
That first operation, when he was less than two weeks old, left him supported by an Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation Unit (ECMO), at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester.
It is used when a patient has a critical condition which prevents the lungs or heart from working normally and acts as an artificial lung to oxygenate the blood outside the body.
Fiona said: "Lucas also needed bowel surgery just after birth so, when he finally came home eight weeks later, life was certainly interesting, to say the least.
"We had to learn how to change tiny colostomy bags, as well as deal with his heart problems."
Fiona said for the next two years, during regular check-ups, it became apparent that the blood flow inside Lucas' heart was not sufficient and he would need another operation.
That came on March 28.
She said: "We said goodbye to him at 7.30am and he went into surgery but, as he was in recovery, at around 3.30pm, he went into cardiac arrest.
"The nurses came out to Jason and I and said 'He is still with us but he needs to go back into surgery'.
"At that point we were a mess. We were thinking 'Why did we sign the consent form, why did we put him through this surgery?'
"As part of the recovery they left his chest open and, when we saw him, you could actually physically see his little heart beating.
"It was an unnerving experience."
Three weeks later and Lucas is now back at home recovering and enjoying Easter with his mum and dad.
In fact, his Easter got a whole lot better when his name was picked out of the hat at his local chemist, Jhoots pharmacy, in Hilton.
Lucas' prize is a giant Easter egg, which makes him the envy of his friends.
Fiona said: "The money they raised from the raffle is being donated to the Children's Heart Foundation, a charity to assist youngsters and their families with a host of heart diseases and conditions.
"They chose that charity because of Lucas, which is fantastic of them and we really do thank them."
Dad Jason, an engineer at Rolls-Royce, said he is proud of the way his son is fighting his condition.
The 40-year-old said: "He has never given up. He has fought every step of the way and we're very proud of him."
