by Michelle Hensel | Apr 7, 2014 | Emotional Health, NICU Life, Siblings
Almost four years have past since our time in the NICU. During that time our former micro-preemie twins have grown into active little toddlers. When I reflect back on our time in the NICU what usually stands out in my mind are the traumatic times. Trauma has a way of...
by Michelle Hensel | Jan 20, 2014 | Family Stories, Life after the NICU
A new preemie mom asked me on my personal blog, “Does it get easier?” – such a seemingly simple question to which I had no answer. My answer would be “yes,” but I knew that was just our story. It didn’t represent the entire preemie population, and had she...
by Michelle Hensel | Dec 23, 2013 | Emotional Health, Inspiration, NICU Life
Though they weighed only a little over a pound each and though they arrived 16 weeks too early, they had some pretty important life lessons to teach me. Life lessons were not on my mind as I spent countless hours in the NICU with my micro-preemie twins. Nor was it...
by Michelle Hensel | Aug 26, 2013 | Emotional Health, Medical Info & Resources
Sit. Stare. Pray. Sit. Stare. Pray. . . Repeat every day for hours. This pattern consumed me as a new NICU mom to micro-preemie twins. Machines were keeping them alive, doctors were determining their course of care, and nurses were doing the rest. Where did...
by Michelle Hensel | Jun 28, 2013 | Emotional Health
I recently stumbled upon a little life lesson in the strangest of places. My kids and I sat down on the sofa to read some books before bedtime that we had checked out from the elementary school library. As I read the last page of “Today I Feel Silly &...
