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Grandparent Perspectives on Life in the NICU

Grandparent Perspectives on Life in the NICU

I have always thought of my dad as being larger than life. He is 6’4” and worked in law enforcement. I never knew him to be scared of anything. But when my son was born 16 weeks preterm, weighing just a pound and a half, my dad who had come to my rescue so many times...

Nana in the NICU

by Mary Dudley, grandmother to two preemies The night our son-in-law, Mike, called to tell us that our daughter, Kelli, was in preterm labor at just 24 weeks, our immediate reaction was a sense of urgency to get to the hospital to be with them. We made the...