by Guest Blogger | May 8, 2015 | Inspiration, NICU Life
On Mother’s Day, I think of the moms of the sick and premature babies I cared for in the neonatal ICU for more than 30 years. They all shared these characteristics: They and their spouses/partners were sleep-deprived — dead-dog exhausted. They were scared. Neonatal...
by Dani Curliss | Oct 23, 2013 | Life after the NICU
At times while visiting our sweet, tiny girl in the NICU, I would hear a knock at the door of the nurse’s station. It wasn’t the normal entrance to the NICU, so once I realized who was on the other side of the door, a pang of jealousy and bitterness would hit. They...
by Kathryn Whitaker | Nov 20, 2012 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
When we first learned we were headed to the NICU, I was sitting in the perinatologist’s office for a standard 20-week “advanced maternal age” ultrasound. At that point, the doctor didn’t think I’d make it to 24 weeks. Our son was...
by Chris Cavazos | Nov 9, 2012 | Emotional Health, Family Stories, Fatherhood, Life after the NICU
If you have a baby in the NICU one of the daily rituals that have been introduced into your life is your daily trip (or trips) to the NICU to visit your little one. For me, it was very difficult to leave my little boy in the NICU, but it was also just as hard for me...
by Amy Carr | Sep 6, 2012 | News
Hand to Hold’s hugely successful, third annual Preemie Power Family Celebration was held August 24, 2012, at the Dell Diamond, home of the Round Rock Express Minor League Baseball team. Some 350 adults and children of all ages had a rollicking good time at our...