A NICU Journey of Love and Loss

Do you believe in miracles? ICU baby volunteers see countless miracles in the NICU. Unfortunately we also see tragedies when a parent doesn’t take their baby home. The following story inspires us to have hope even in the darkest days.

It was gender-reveal time. The technician moved the wand over the first baby—a girl! She moved up to the second baby—a boy! A boy we would name Arturo.

I went into labor at twenty-seven weeks. I gave birth to “micro preemies,” each about two pounds. “Twenty fingers and twenty toes?” I asked my husband when I regained consciousness. “Yes,” he said, and I fell back into a morphine-induced sleep… continue reading.