by Aimee Sprik | Jul 24, 2013 | Family Stories
This is adapted from a presentation I gave at the hospital in November 2012, where my son, Connor, was born in December 2008 and graduated from his 120-day NICU stay. Details were taken from my personal account of our NICU experience and his NICU Timeline. For over...
by Aimee Sprik | Dec 4, 2012 | Life after the NICU, News
About 2 weeks ago, I had the honor of sharing my son’s story at the hospital where he was born during a legislators’ tour of the Rush-Copley NICU, organized by the Illinois Maternal & Child Health Coalition. This experience gave me the opportunity to...
by Aimee Sprik | Oct 25, 2012 | Life after the NICU, News
This past Saturday, Life After NICU held our 1st Birthday Bash at the gorgeous Waubonsie Lake Park in Aurora, IL. We had a great turnout, in spite of the chilly temps! The weather was absolutely beautiful – bright blue skies and still breathtaking fall colors...
by Aimee Sprik | Oct 25, 2012 | Life after the NICU, News
A little over a year ago, Kelly and I got together to discuss an idea we had about founding a support group…Life After NICU. To be honest, I don’t think either of us had any idea what we were getting ourselves into! Initially, we planned to offer support...
by Aimee Sprik | Sep 4, 2012 | Medical Info & Resources, NICU Life
This was originally published on my personal blog in July 2009:The MRI performed right before Connor left the NICU found that he is missing a structure in his brain called the septum pellucidum. Connor’s ophthalmologist requested that he get another MRI to...
