Hi everyone! I wanted to introduce myself to you all and share my vision behind “It’s a NICU World!” My name is Ashley, and I
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Due to my son following with several medical specialists and therapists, the next document I created after his medical information sheet was a contact list
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As a social worker for both the NICU and OB units, what does your typical day look like? One of the things about working in
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Dear NICU Mama, I see you sitting in the NICU holding your baby, trying to hold back the tears I feel your heart drop after
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My son has several different medical conditions that requires him to follow with multiple different specialists. As a result, I often found myself completing new
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As an occupational therapist working in the NICU and PICU, what does your typical day look like? Every day is a little different. There may
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Prior to having Kolin, there were not too many areas of my life where I felt like I had to truly rely on God. For
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My son has been home from the NICU for almost 2.5 years. Since his discharge, our world has been a whirlwind of doctors’ appointments, different
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Can you briefly tell us about your NICU experience? Our daughter Kiya was born at 32 weeks, but my water broke at 30 weeks. At
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My NICU experience was like the domino effect…..once the bad news started rolling, it just kept coming. I could barely process one set of bad