by Rhiannon Giles | Feb 15, 2017 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources
Prematurity is the gift that keeps on giving. Even if you were lucky enough to escape the NICU with no lingering complications, sometimes issues will crop up much later that leave you wondering if prematurity is rearing its ugly head again. For us, it has been hearing...
by Alden Gilligan | Mar 7, 2016 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources
This is a follow-up from Alden’s first post, Sleep Like a Baby: Toddler Sleep Study. After a few months of doctor’s appointments and tests, our 22-month-old daughter, Neala, had her tonsils and adenoids removed, as well as her turbinates reduced. She was...
by Amy Carr | Nov 10, 2014 | Family Stories
In July 2011 we were over the moon excited to learn we were expecting twins! But six months later, I began to have complications with my pregnancy. I didn’t feel right. In January 2012, at 22 weeks, our baby girl’s water sack broke and her cord prolapsed. Luckily,...
by Andrea Mullenmeister | Mar 10, 2014 | Life after the NICU
My son Jax was born at 23 weeks, 3 days gestation. He spent 93 days in the NICU. Luckily (and rather unusually), he did not require any surgeries while he was in the hospital. There were plenty of scares: heart ligation, laser eye surgery for aggressive and severe...
by Melissa Haber | Jun 17, 2013 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
Like most micro-preemies, my Daphne, faced many challenges in the NICU: 2 months on the respirator, BPD, infection scares, digestive issues, kidney failure… With all that, one thing we did not encounter was surgery. Yet, we knew from the very first days that she...
