by Kelli Kelley | Feb 26, 2014 | Life after the NICU, News, Reviews & Giveaways
Giving back is often an important step in the healing process following a traumatic life experience. From sharing personal stories of tragedy and triumph to raise awareness for a cause to competing in athletic events to raise funding for lifesaving research, giving...
by Kelli Kelley | Jan 31, 2014 | News
Love for our children is primal – before even hearing the first heartbeat we dream of holding them and kissing them and protecting them with the ferocity of a lion. But for some moms (like me) and many dads, too, when a baby is born preterm or with special health care...
by Kelli Kelley | Nov 17, 2013 | Life after the NICU, News
The night my son, Jackson, came barreling into the world four months too soon, my husband and I shakily stood at his bedside in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and listened to the neonatologist compassionately but matter-of-factly explain the many challenges...
by Kelli Kelley | Oct 25, 2013 | News, NICU Life
It’s October. Stores around town are decorated with spiders, and spooky pumpkins are beginning to light up front porches in my neighborhood. My kids are excited about their new costumes and soon cute little ghosts and goblins will knock on our doors. I remember well...
by Kelli Kelley | Oct 9, 2013 | News, NICU Life
One of 11 children and father of six, Dr. Gerard Cleary, recipient of the first annual NICU Heroes Award, understands the importance of family. He says the joy of being a neonatologist is giving great people the opportunity to have a family of their own. The NICU...