Time For A NICU Reunion...

We had the priviledge of going to the NICU reunion the 2nd weekend in October. We were so glad to have been in town and gotten a chance to attend. It was the 2nd annual one for St David's North Austin Medical Center, and there were TONS of people there! It was for everyone that had a baby in the NICU in the past couple of years...so there were a lot of babies from birth to about 3 years old (and lots of multiples)!! : )

I was so glad to see it so well attended...very cool! But the coolest part was seeing SO MANY babies and how healthy they were. Just awesome! At check in all of the kids put on a name tag. Each of their tags had their name and when they were born (in gestational weeks). So Brant's said "Brant Bugbee-33 weeks". There were neonatologists, PA's, nurses, etc all from when Brant was in the NICU. It was fun to see the people that had taken care of him so amazingly for 5 weeks, and to get to show them how incredible his growth has been. I could not get over the number of babies that were born at 23 and 24 weeks just crawling around and seeming so happy. What a miracle and a true blessing!! :) It is unreal what modern medicine can do today for babies that did not get to have a full 3rd trimester in the womb.

They had some things for the kids to do, and a fun photo booth to dress up and take pics as a family. Braden got a kick out of that! :) And there was a lot of good food, cupcakes, cotton candy, etc. They did a great job!

I really wish I would have taken some pics of the event but it was so busy and there was a lot going on. I never even had a chance to take my camera out! I wish I would have snapped a pic or two with Brant and the babies that he spent those last few weeks in the step down nursery with. That would have been so neat, as I remember back to the long days spent up there just praying that our babies would grow (so they could go home). What a journey this year has been! :)

I hope to take some pics next year!! :) Thanks to NAMC for putting that NICU reunion on...it was good time! :)