by Alden Gilligan | Mar 7, 2016 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources
This is a follow-up from Alden’s first post, Sleep Like a Baby: Toddler Sleep Study. After a few months of doctor’s appointments and tests, our 22-month-old daughter, Neala, had her tonsils and adenoids removed, as well as her turbinates reduced. She was...
by Alden Gilligan | Oct 21, 2015 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources
When I took our twin toddlers to their 18 month check-up, I had a list of questions for the pediatrician, one of which was, why does our daughter almost exclusively breathe through her mouth? The pediatrician took one look in her throat and said her tonsils seemed a...
by Alden Gilligan | Aug 5, 2015 | Family Stories, Inspiration, Life after the NICU
Our twins were born at 31 weeks after a crash c-section. I was a mess. High doses of magnesium to manage atypical HELLP Syndrome, coupled with various other drugs, preemie twins, and the fact that my husband was out of town left me fairly devastated. I couldn’t stand...
by Alden Gilligan | Jun 24, 2015 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources
My first “kids” were our dogs. Chloe and Stella, one brown mutt, one black mutt. They weren’t (aren’t) the best behaved furballs and they shed uncontrollably, have a nasty habit of barking every time they hear anything (and I do mean anything) outside, and they snore...
by Alden Gilligan | Mar 2, 2015 | Finances & Insurance, Medical Info & Resources, NICU Life
Having a preemie is a very scary process and can also be very confusing. When your baby arrives early, you’re not prepared in the way you might have been if you’d carried to full term. I know this was the case for us. I was 31 weeks pregnant with our twins when I...
