by Guest Blogger | Jun 10, 2019 | Family Stories, Fatherhood
“Somewhere along the way your new normal sets in.” This is part three of a four-part series created especially for NICU dads, by NICU dads. Read part one: 10 Things New NICU Dads Need to Know and part two: Rad White and the NICU Beard Club. Stay tuned...
by Cheryl Silinskas | Mar 28, 2019 | Life after the NICU
I understand that doctors try to give families an honest warning in a prognosis, yet it only gives us one potential outcome. Parents share the discrepancies between prognosis and reality all the time. We learn later that prognosis will not give us the big picture of...
by Danielle Dreger | Nov 19, 2018 | Family Stories, NICU Life
Given that my husband is stubborn and I’m tenacious, it did not come as a surprise that Theo, our ex-27 week preemie, came out equally strong-willed and spirited. And it was that stubbornness that saved him. From the beginning Theo had it rough. He had jaundice which...
by Guest Blogger | Oct 8, 2018 | Life after the NICU
by Jackson Kelley I felt awkward, unsure and hot standing in the Texas afternoon sun by the first base dugout. The coach seemed nice as he gave me a firm handshake and a reassuring smile, but I knew this would be unlike any baseball season I had ever experienced. The...
by Guest Blogger | Oct 4, 2018 | Life after the NICU
I would venture to guess that every mother has some level of germ-awareness during flu and RSV season. I know with my firstborn, full-term baby I did. I could spot a germy kid in her daycare class and hear the shopper coughing two aisles over in the grocery store. I...
