by Beth Puskas | Jan 12, 2015 | Family Stories, Inspiration, Medical Info & Resources
I was so excited and happy when I found out I was pregnant. Even though I was 37-years old, and of “advanced maternal age,” I was not at all worried about having a complicated pregnancy. I was just so thankful that I was finally going to be a mom! As time went...
by Beth Puskas | Oct 27, 2014 | Inspiration, Life after the NICU
The definition for the word therapy is “therapeutic treatment especially of bodily, mental, or behavorial disorder”. When you first discover that your preemie will need physical therapy (PT), you probably think it is only for the therapeutic treatment of something...
by Beth Puskas | Aug 25, 2014 | Medical Info & Resources
When my preemie turned 2 months old in the NICU, he was definitely in the home stretch. He had moved to the intermediate nursery, was “out of heat,” and in a regular crib. I thought his car seat test was next. But, what I was asked instead was, did I want him to...
by Beth Puskas | Jul 14, 2014 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources
I doubt I will ever forget the first time I took my preemie to the grocery store with me. It was a few months after his discharge from the NICU and I was anxious to start showing off this new baby of mine, even if it was just to a friendly cashier. What I did not...
by Beth Puskas | Jun 16, 2014 | Family Stories, Fatherhood, Inspiration, Life after the NICU
While super dads boldly go where they may never have gone before (i.e. the first poopy diaper change in the isolette) there are the other supermen that have blessed our preemie families with their feats of kindness and acts of selflessness. There is: A grandpa who...
