condition: Prematurity

128 Days in the NICU

Our Grant was born at 28 weeks and 5 days of gestation at Riverside Hospital. He started out strong on CPAP and never had to be intubated. He was one of the unfortunate few babies to have caught RSV while in the hospital–which caused a huge setback and a trip to Nationwide Children’s Hospital Downtown. […]

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Carson, Our Rainbow Baby

Carson, our rainbow baby was born six weeks early at Grant Medical Center due to medical conditions that put me his mother and him in danger. He was immediately sent to their NICU which is a branch of Nationwide Children’s Hospital due to low oxygen saturation. After a portable chest x-ray and lab work it […]

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Colin’s Journey

We didn’t plan on transferring my son Colin to Nationwide Children’s Hospital; my husband had to move here in order to keep his job, but moving him to this hospital was one of the best things that happened for him and our family. Ofcourse hindsight is 20/20 and if I had known that Nationwide specialized […]

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Joshua’s Story

Born at 24 weeks, Joshua’s life began too early. At a mere 1 pound 11 ounces, Joshua was intubated immediately after birth and his life was in critical condition. He was transported to Nationwide Children’s Hospital where he was provided care. As a result of his prematurity he suffered a severe Intraventricular Hemorrhage (brain bleed), […]

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The Miracle of Jayzon

Jayzon’s mom calls him “Champ” for good reason. Born weighing only thirteen ounces a little more than a year ago, this special preemie has gone through quite a fight in his short life. He has chronic lung disease, which led to his quickly getting a tracheostomy and G-tube. “The odds were totally against him,” says […]

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Grayson and Scarlett’s Beginning

At 25 weeks and 5 days, Grayson and Scarlett decided they could no longer wait to come into our world. They cried on their own, little cries which suited their 1 pound, 15 ounces, and 2 pound bodies. They were wheeled from the OR to the NICU and into the plastic boxes that I later […]

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Willow: Born at 22 Weeks

On March 4th, 2015, I went into labor at just 22 Weeks and 5 days into my pregnancy. The doctors tried to do everything to stop my labor but we both became septic very quickly and she had to be taken via emergency c-section. The on call doctor advised us that she was no longer […]

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Brenna’s Story

Brenna was born six weeks premature. The list of conditions she would contend with stretched longer than this sweet little baby girl. She was transferred from another hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to Nationwide Children’s NICU to be treated for potentially life-threatening Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (PPHN). While there, she was also diagnosed with panhypopituitarism and […]

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Adam’s Story

Adam was brought to Nationwide Children’s with a rare congenital heart defect on the day he was born. Although we thought he would spend months in the NICU before having open heart surgery, we were fortunate to bring him home just three weeks later (surgery-free). The first 12 months of his life are a blur […]

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