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I pushed the elevator button for the 7th floor. The doors opened, we stepped off and started the familiar walk past the waiting area of balloons and flowers. We didn’t need to stop at the receptionist desk, they knew us. We stopped giving our parent code two months ago. We did not have to show our hospital bracelets. The [...]
When we brought our former 23-weeker home from the NICU, we knew we had a long road of therapy ahead of us. After all, he was a 23 weeker, with bilateral grade 4 bleeds and at a high risk for developing CP. We knew he would need therapy. Before we left the NICU, we had [...]
I am sure we have all heard, and many of us have used the saying ‘it takes a village’. When dealing with a child with special needs and/or medical issues this really hits home. Life for my daughter started in the NICU with a team of medical professionals treating her. Casey turned six in April [...]
Many of us come home from the NICU and enter a whole new world. We have countless doctor appointments, monitors, medications, etc. A lot of us also are introduced to a form of early intervention services for our child. In Texas these services are call ECI, each state has their own abbreviation. Early intervention services [...]
Holding your beautiful little miracle brings forth a wide array of emotion; fear, sadness, happiness, and sometimes even guilt but the importance of your touch can be a life changing event for your preemie. Kangaroo care is an up close and personal encounter, it consists of placing your child in their diaper on your bare chest. [...]
The following is a photo gallery of preemies born from 34 to 36 weeks gestation. Click on a picture and navigate through the gallery to see specific information about each baby. Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to submit pictures of their preemies to make this post possible. Please leave any [...]
The following is a photo gallery of preemies born from 31 to 33 weeks gestation. Click on a picture and navigate through the gallery to see specific information about each baby. Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to submit pictures of their preemies to make this post possible. Please leave any [...]
The following is a photo gallery of preemies born from 28 to 30 weeks gestation. Click on a picture and navigate through the gallery to see specific information about each baby. Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to submit pictures of their preemies to make this post possible. Please leave any [...]
The following is a photo gallery of preemies born from 25 to 27 weeks gestation. Click on a picture and navigate through the gallery to see specific information about each baby. Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to submit pictures of their preemies to make this post possible. Please leave any [...]
The following is a photo gallery of preemies born from 21 to 24 weeks gestation. Click on a picture and navigate through the gallery to see specific information about each baby. Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to submit pictures of their preemies to make this post possible. Please leave any [...]
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