by Andrea Mullenmeister | Mar 11, 2015 | Medical Info & Resources
I remember standing by my micropreemie’s isolette, describing everything I saw out the window: the blue sky, the trees, the sunshine. I wanted my son to know what it was like outside the walls of the NICU, but I didn’t know if he would ever be able to see...
by Andrea Mullenmeister | Jan 9, 2015 | Emotional Health
It is completely overwhelming when your child is facing a serious medical diagnosis. This kind of diagnosis can come during pregnancy, shortly after birth, or many years later. The diagnosis has many different names like prematurity, Down’s Syndrome, Cerebral...
by Andrea Mullenmeister | Nov 21, 2014 | Emotional Health, Inspiration
I was keeping hope that it would be good news; our family didn’t need another medical crisis. But when the doctor called that day, my heart sank. It isn’t a good sign to get results from a brain MRI almost immediately. People told me to “stay...
by Andrea Mullenmeister | Sep 3, 2014 | NICU Life
At just over half-way through my pregnancy, it was finally starting to sink in that we were about to become parents. I had started feeling the baby kick. My husband felt the baby move with his hand on my belly for the first time. We needed to begin preparing ourselves...
by Andrea Mullenmeister | Jun 25, 2014 | Emotional Health
Every summer for the last 35 years, my husband, Steve, and his family have been going “up north” for a week-long vacation of fishing and relaxing. They have never, ever missed a year. I’ve been going for as long as I’ve known my husband. We stay at the...
