Hand to Hold's official blog
The following is a story shared by one of our readers. I appreciate all those who are willing to share their story for the benefit of others. Thanks Annie! The story of our precious daughter starts with a battle with infertility. After treatments we conceived on our fourth cycle of Clomid. After trying so hard [...]
This is Sam’s story: The day before my baby was born, we went to a routine doctor’s appointment. I was excited. We had just gotten back from our last vacation before our little one arrived, I was feeling better, and my baby bump was finally getting bigger. This was also the day that I was [...]
The funeral was that morning. We arrived at the church. We met in the back with all the family. We walked through the front of the church into the service. Little Callie’s casket was so tiny. I didn’t even see her casket at first it was hidden among the flowers. We sat through the service. [...]
I arrived home to a house full of family. I had so much to do. I didn’t want Callie to go to the hospital Morge. I called a close friend of ours that was a funeral director. He was there in less than an hour to get her. I went to bed that night lost [...]
Callie’s heart beat so hard for us for 4 more hours. She slipped into heaven at 11:00 that morning. Her little faced glowed when she passed. She had a golden color about her. I went into the NICU with the nurse, and I gave my baby her first bath. She was so tiny, and so [...]
That night was unusually quiet. I find myself thinking of it as the “calm before the storm”. Thursday morning we woke up with a call from her nurse telling us that Callie was the same, and she wanted to know when we would be over to see her. We talked for about 10 minutes, then [...]
Twelve hours later, Callie developed blood infections that caused her oxygen to drop. They would “bag” her for a few moments then bring her back up to normal. They moved her to an oscillator with nitric gas to breath for her. That night was a rough one. I wasn’t sure what to think. Daddy came [...]
I came across your facebook page and it led me to this website. I wanted to share my story with you. I have had four children, three being preemies, and out of the three preemies, two have lived and one has received her wings. I hope that my story can help someone. I found out [...]
Hand to Hold is a nonprofit 501(c)3 parent support organization and information and resources provided here do not intend to take the place of the relationship between a patient and personal physician.