This comment by KatyD on the post A Dad Documents His Premature Son’s First Year of Life
My niece was born 11 weeks early, weighed just barely two pounds and spent the first 10 weeks of her life in the NICU. The first two days, her parents were told to prepare for the worst; she was gravely ill, and her chances of survival were put at 50-50, at best. The morning of the third day, when she managed to pull out her breathing tube, we knew she was going to make it.
This video made me cry; it brought back a lot of memories of those days, especially when Lyndsey Miller gets to hold her son for the first time. I’ll never forget what it was like when my sister-in-law got to hold her daughter for the first time, five days after she was born; there wasn’t a dry eye in the room. Today my niece is such a normal, healthy, rambunctious first grader, that it is hard to believe she ever got off to such a fragile start.
Love and Light to the Miller family and to all preemies and parents of preemies everywhere. And much, much love and respect to the nurses, doctors and other who care for them as well. You will not find a better group of people on this planet.
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Food for Thought:
The miracle of life is being helped along these days by caring people, doctors and nurses and technology making excellent use of our resources. Agree?
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