by Summer Hill-Vinson | Sep 12, 2014 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
You know that feeling when you’ve just left the NICU after a long day, your cell phone rings, and you recognize that the number is the NICU? My husband and I had just returned home from the hospital. I knew my son was scheduled for a follow-up cardiology exam because...
by Aimee Sprik | Aug 5, 2013 | Life after the NICU
So often it is difficult for family and friends to understand exactly how frightening RSV and flu season is for NICU parents. What might be like the common cold for a healthy adult or older child can be devastating for our little ones who need just a little more time...
by Aimee Sprik | Jul 24, 2013 | Family Stories
This is adapted from a presentation I gave at the hospital in November 2012, where my son, Connor, was born in December 2008 and graduated from his 120-day NICU stay. Details were taken from my personal account of our NICU experience and his NICU Timeline. For over...
by Aimee Sprik | Dec 4, 2012 | Life after the NICU, News
About 2 weeks ago, I had the honor of sharing my son’s story at the hospital where he was born during a legislators’ tour of the Rush-Copley NICU, organized by the Illinois Maternal & Child Health Coalition. This experience gave me the opportunity to...
by Aimee Sprik | Sep 4, 2012 | Medical Info & Resources, NICU Life
This was originally published on my personal blog in July 2009:The MRI performed right before Connor left the NICU found that he is missing a structure in his brain called the septum pellucidum. Connor’s ophthalmologist requested that he get another MRI to...
