by Heather Hucks | Aug 19, 2013 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
“Oh the pain they have caused us. The evils which have never happened.” This quote from Thomas Jefferson hits me in the face like a blast of air when you open the fridge. Preemie families seem to have an extra helping of worry, don’t we? In the NICU, the worry is like...
by Kelli Kelley | Jun 19, 2013 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
School is out! As a kid, I can remember anxiously awaiting the last bell and looking forward to pool parties, trips to the beach and my mom’s homemade ice cream! I also looked forward to going to camp. For years, I have wanted to introduce that time-honored...
by Kasey Mathews | Jun 17, 2011 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
by Kasey Mathews, mother of son Tucker and daughter Andie who was born 4 months early and weighed just 1 lb 11 ounces at birth. Kasey is also the author of Preemie, A Memoir. The sun shone in through the kitchen window spreading across the breakfast table, bathing the...