On Thursday, several Nebraska families with babies in the Nebraska Medicine NICU got a taste of the holiday season and a bit of normalcy. , whose baby Isaac is in the neonatal intensive care unit. The Thompson family names Isaac their 14-year-old miracle baby. Their first and only child was born at 29 weeks. “Ranging from the size of our hands together to seven and a half pounds, he’s just gorgeous,” she said. “He is doing very well.” Dozens of canned turkey and chicken meals were donated by the March of Dimes in honor of World Prematurity Day, which is November 17. “They’re honestly in NICU survival mode,” Mackenzie Hawkins said with March of Dimes. “It’s nice to have some sort of normality over the holidays.” The Thompson family is one of 21 families with little ones at the Nebraska medical NICU this holiday season. The Trejo family welcomed Santiago on October 4. He was born at 35 weeks and has been in the NICU for a month and a half. “Having someone else think about these things for you is always great because you just don’t have that time,” said Eve Trejo, Santiago’s mother. “You’re always concerned about what’s next with your baby.” Trejo and Thompson were also quick to praise the nurses, doctors, receptionists and other medical staff for making their NICU lives as smooth and loving as possible. “It lifts us up,” Kalee Thompson said. “It makes sure it’s not that abnormal. We can still have our memories of the first Thanksgiving.”March of Dimes works year-round to give families that feeling, providing things like little Halloween costumes. , tiny Thanksgiving-themed outfits, and Santa Hats for Christmas. “That’s all you would want when you go home with the baby, so having that sense of normalcy in NICU creates that sense of calm,” Hawkins said.
On Thursday, several Nebraska families with babies at the Nebraska Medicine NICU got a taste of the holiday season and a bit of normalcy.
“It’s indescribable how the little things can make such a difference to feeling like home,” said Kalee Thompson, whose baby Isaac is in the neonatal intensive care unit.
The Thompson family names Isaac their 14-year-old miracle baby. Their first and only child was born at 29 weeks.
“Ranging from the size of our hands together to seven and a half pounds, he’s just gorgeous,” she said. “He is doing very well.”
Dozens of canned turkeys and chickens were donated by March of Dimes in honor of World Prematurity Day, November 17.
“They’re honestly in NICU survival mode,” said March of Dimes’ Mackenzie Hawkins. “It’s nice to have some sort of normality over the holidays.”
The Thompson family is one of 21 families with little ones at the Nebraska Medicine NICU this holiday season.
The Trejo family welcomed Santiago on October 4. He was born at 35 weeks and has been in the NICU for a month and a half.
“Having someone else think about these things for you is always great because you just don’t have that time,” Santiago’s mother Eve Trejo said. “You’re always concerned about what’s next with your baby.”
Trejo and Thompson were quick to praise the nurses, doctors, receptionists and other medical staff for making their NICU lives as smooth and loving as possible.
“It lifts us up,” Kalee Thompson said. “That makes it not so abnormal. We can still have our memories of the first Thanksgiving.”
March of Dimes works year-round to give families that feeling, providing things like tiny costumes for Halloween, tiny Thanksgiving-themed outfits, and Santa hats for Christmas.
“That’s all you would want when you go home with the baby, so having that sense of normalcy in NICU creates that sense of calm,” Hawkins said.
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