by Stacey Skrysak | Aug 21, 2015 | Family Stories, NICU Life
Blood. It’s an essential part of the body, a must-have to survive. It’s something I never thought twice about until I gave birth to my triplets. Sure, I lost blood when I accidentally cut myself in the kitchen or when I scraped my knee as a child, but I...
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 Michelle Hensel | Jan 20, 2014 | Family Stories, Life after the NICU
A new preemie mom asked me on my personal blog, “Does it get easier?” – such a seemingly simple question to which I had no answer. My answer would be “yes,” but I knew that was just our story. It didn’t represent the entire preemie population, and had she...
by Michelle Hensel | Dec 23, 2013 | Emotional Health, Inspiration, NICU Life
Though they weighed only a little over a pound each and though they arrived 16 weeks too early, they had some pretty important life lessons to teach me. Life lessons were not on my mind as I spent countless hours in the NICU with my micro-preemie twins. Nor was it...
by Michelle Hensel | Nov 12, 2012 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
My former micro-preemies are now 2 1/2 years old. They started pre-school this year, and in many ways, they are doing exactly what other 2 year olds are doing. Aside from being smaller than other 2 year olds, strangers wouldn’t know they were one pound...
