My sister-in-law had a C-section and then a baby in NICU due to a congenital heart defect. To make it worse, the NICU that the baby was whisked off to was at another hospital in the area -- the children's hospital -- and she was forced to stay behind for more than 24 hours to heal from the C-section. Her husband went with the baby to the other hospital. Talk about making her crazy! She had this tiny new infant in the world, but she couldn't comfort, feed, hold or even see him until she got out of her own hospital and could visit him in the children's hospital NICU. He had to have surgeries and was, like you describe, hooked up to many tubes and monitors. It was a frightening time and even though she was there most all the time, I think she felt like part mom and part bystander.
Her son is 2 now and is doing well. But reading your post made me remember what she went through. Thanks so much for writing. Other parents with NICU babies will feel a kindred soul.
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Kristin,
My sister-in-law had a C-section and then a baby in NICU due to a congenital heart defect. To make it worse, the NICU that the baby was whisked off to was at another hospital in the area -- the children's hospital -- and she was forced to stay behind for more than 24 hours to heal from the C-section. Her husband went with the baby to the other hospital. Talk about making her crazy! She had this tiny new infant in the world, but she couldn't comfort, feed, hold or even see him until she got out of her own hospital and could visit him in the children's hospital NICU. He had to have surgeries and was, like you describe, hooked up to many tubes and monitors. It was a frightening time and even though she was there most all the time, I think she felt like part mom and part bystander.
Her son is 2 now and is doing well. But reading your post made me remember what she went through. Thanks so much for writing. Other parents with NICU babies will feel a kindred soul.
January 11, 2010 - 8:24amThis Comment
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