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The NICU Saved My Son's Life
Thursday, June 7, 2007

A reader writes in response to my post on the New New NICU:

In 1962,(five years before I was born), my mother gave birth to a premie boy. That brother of mine died several days after birth.
In 1982, my nephew was born 4 weeks early. He had a 2 to 3 week stay in the NICU at St. Jo's in Savannah and completed the ordeal with a nerve-wracking ambulance ride to the better equipped NICU unit at Memorial Hospital also in Savannah. It was a trying time, but an amazing one. He left happy and healthy and just a few years ago graduated from Georgia Tech (after doing very well at SCDS, I might add!).
In 1993, I gave birth to a boy that was several weeks early. He stayed 5 days in the NICU and also left happy and healthy. He is now a very healthy and tall (six feet!) 13 year old.
Our family has witnessed the progression of NICU care. Truly, the people that are called to that work are a gift from God. They do amazing things.
What a wonderful addition to have more intimate time with a newborn. That was my only negative experience - rocking and feeding my newborn in a room full of people. However, I am grateful for the technology that has saved so many precious lives.

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