This is my second try, attempting to post this word. Don't know if it took, the first time.
I needed to say it. I feel so relieved for your little one, Nigel...and for you.
We are privileged to share this with you. Who knows how many parents and children in the future will be assisted, and how many 'situations' will be prevented, by your own experiences as you have written here.
Maybe it's something like jumping with a parachute...nothing will quite frighten you again. You can handle it.