by Guest Blogger | Oct 19, 2012 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources
Oddly enough, I knew about Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) before having a baby of my own. Friends of mine had had a daughter born full-term and she contracted RSV her first year. She was so sick she was hospitalized and even now, nine years later, she has long-term...
by Melissa Haber | Jul 11, 2012 | Life after the NICU
Travel is not something you worry about while your preemie is in the NICU (unless, of course, NICU is far from home and you have to travel back at discharge). Bringing a preemie home, you get educated on germ prevention, hand washing and sanitizing, and keeping the...
by sam5683 | Sep 20, 2010 | Inspiration, Life after the NICU, NICU Life
In 2008, our 26 week preemie was released from the NICU a week before Halloween. We had been so consumed by her issues (weight gain and bottle-feeding) in the hospital, we hadn’t given the holiday any thought. Since Addie was quarantined during RSV season, we had no...
