by Summer Hill-Vinson | Oct 8, 2014 | Finances & Insurance, Medical Info & Resources, NICU Life
A few weeks into my daughter’s NICU stay, my husband discovered a mistake. We had failed to put M on our insurance. The process had changed, and we had missed the enrollment deadline. My husband said that he almost collapsed to the floor when he learned we would be...
by Summer Hill-Vinson | Sep 12, 2014 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
You know that feeling when you’ve just left the NICU after a long day, your cell phone rings, and you recognize that the number is the NICU? My husband and I had just returned home from the hospital. I knew my son was scheduled for a follow-up cardiology exam because...
by Summer Hill-Vinson | Aug 4, 2014 | Finances & Insurance, Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources
Getting Synagis injections approved by insurance companies can be cumbersome, but for me the threat of my babies catching RSV was always worse. So, I stumbled my way through several Synagis approval scenarios. Hopefully, these tips can make your Synagis quest a little...
by Summer Hill-Vinson | Jul 7, 2014 | Emotional Health, Inspiration, NICU Life
The first baby gift I ever received was a brown leather journal. A friend’s mother gave it to me so that I could document all the precious moments of my first pregnancy. I couldn’t seem to find time to write in it. We were in the process of buying our first house and...
by Summer Hill-Vinson | Feb 7, 2014 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
We just celebrated another preemie first birthday. And it was almost as difficult as the first. With my son, who was a surprise 26-weeker out of an otherwise uneventful pregnancy, I was blindsided by his first birthday. I was completely unprepared for it. Aren’t first...