Each year, the NICU at Presby Hospital Matthews, where the boys were born, hosts a reunion. All families whose children were born prematurely or in need of special care at this facility are invited to the event. The boys were born at 32 weeks and weighed 3.8 and 3.15. The nursery had just opened a month previous to the boys birth, and was fully resourced to care for babies 32 weeks and up. During the past three years, they have more than doubled their beds and space and are now able to care for babies born at 30 weeks and up, while still maintaining the intimacy of a smaller hospital. Here's a special shout-out to the staff at the Special Care Nursery who cared not only for Nathan and Seth during those tender first three weeks of life, but also supported, educated and helped me and Jeff during this time of transition and trips back and forth to the hospital each day. Susan and Gladys especially deserve multitudes of praise, and we were so excited for the boys to meet them again today. Susan remembered that when Nathan was born, his hair stood straight up and could not be smoothed down. He was instantly dubbed "Rod Stewart."
Here the boys are getting face paint (or arm paint) and meeting Gill, the mascot for Presby Matthews.
How neat that you get to go back annually and visit the staff. Did you see any others that were in the hospital the same time as you?
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