The words “Intensive Care” when said aloud are pretty terrifying. I’ve never been in any form of intense medical environment, heck I can’t even watch medical TV programmes. The morning Clara was wheeled over to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) from High Dependency (HDU) my nerves were a wreck. What would it be like inContinue reading “Neonatal Intensive Care”
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Something was wrong
A few days of ‘nil by mouth’ passed (being fed via drip) and Clara was allowed to start having small volumes of milk again. On New Years Eve 2017, Dean and I sat in HDU looking at our baby girl in her incubator – we’d been told she was due to be discharged the nextContinue reading “Something was wrong”
Our Christmas Miracle
Clara truly is our Christmas miracle. On Christmas Eve, Clara’s jaundice levels were still up. We suddenly had to face the fact that our baby wasn’t going to be at home the one day of the year where we all want to be together as a family. The fact it was ‘Christmas’ rather than justContinue reading “Our Christmas Miracle”
In the beginning
Clara, our Christmas miracle, was born on the 19th December 2017. As is often the case with premature babies, Clara was born with high jaundice levels. Aside from her dark yellow skin, she was the picture of happiness. She was also the picture of squishiness with her flat nose that was squashed to the side,Continue reading “In the beginning”
Clara and the Gutcracker 