by Erika Goyer | Oct 17, 2016 | Medical Info & Resources
This article was originally published on the Hand to Hold website. RSV Update: This year the American Academy of Pediatrics changed their recommendations for use of Palivizumab against RSV in a policy statement entitled “Updated Guidance for Palivizumab Prophylaxis...
by Heather Hucks | Dec 7, 2015 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
UPDATED DECEMBER 2021 It’s RSV season, and COVID-19 is still a major concern, and it’s possible you and your family have settled into isolation with your NICU baby. Limited trips in public, shoes off at the door, 2 minute hand scrubs, Lysol sweeps every...
by Carolyn Leighton-Hilborn | May 4, 2015 | Medical Info & Resources, NICU Life, Siblings
May 5 is World Hand Hygiene Day Okay, so we all know it’s important to wash our hands throughout the day, but do you really take hand hygiene that seriously? According to Judah G, Aunger R, Schmidt WP, Michie S, Granger S, Curtis V., “Despite widespread knowledge of...
by Jessie Threlkeld | Jan 2, 2015 | Life after the NICU, NICU Life
One of the big things your NICU team will talk to you about upon discharge is protecting your baby from getting sick. With RSV season still in full swing, this is a hot topic! Most preemie lungs are very underdeveloped, so getting sick can be very serious. When my...
by Kristin Beuscher | Dec 22, 2014 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
After I brought my daughter home from the hospital, my world became way too small. At first it felt luxurious to be home. Going back and forth to the NICU multiple times a day was exhausting, and I was so happy that I could spend an entire day in my pajamas and not...