This trend, NICU to Home style.💚➡️🏠 • • • • The journey from hearing the words, “Your baby needs to be admitted to the NICU,” to finally taking them home is one of the hardest, yet most rewarding experiences a parent can face. It’s filled with ups and downs: ➡️ Getting that news. ➡️ Seeing your baby surrounded by tubes and wires. ➡️ Holding them for the first time. ➡️ Working on feeding, only to take two steps forward and four steps back. ➡️ Watching them battle apnea, bradycardia, and desaturations. ➡️ Managing the complications of prematurity or other congenital conditions And then, finally, the moment you’ve been waiting for: the phone call to bring the car seat because your baby is ready to go home🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽. This reel is only a simplified version of the journey. For many families, this process can take WEEKs, MONTHS—or even extend beyond a YEAR—requiring ongoing NICU care.🫂💜💚 To all the families walking this road: we see your strength, courage, and hope in the face of unimaginable challenges. You are incredible, and your resilience inspires us all.💗💗 Let’s celebrate NICU families today and every day. Drop a 💚if you’ve experienced or want to honor this journey.
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