by Hand to Hold Staff | Sep 13, 2013 | Emotional Health, Inspiration, NICU Life
Dear NICU Nurse, To be honest, I never knew you existed. Back when our birth plan included a fat baby, balloons and a two-day celebratory hospital stay, I had never seen you. I had never seen a NICU. Most of the world hasn’t. There may have been a brief, “This is the...
by Kelli Kelley | Jun 9, 2010 | Family Stories
It was a Polaroid picture – the lighting bad, the image fuzzy. My mom taped the picture to the handrail on my bed. I was numb. The pain medication and conflicting emotions flowing through my body made it hard for me to focus on the photo. Could this really be my son?...