It was more difficult than expected to walk past the faces of the doctors and nurses that cared for my preemies on Sunday. Although extremely thankful for their care, some of them I hadn’t seen since leaving the NICU last year without our son, and looking into their eyes brought back so many memories that I sometimes beg my heart and mind to forget. The weekend had already been full of messy grief and honestly I didn’t want to face the day at all...but off to the reunion we went. And I am very grateful we did — Sadie got to see Santa, have snacks and make a craft! She loved it so much!
The nurses and doctors of the Floyd NICU have been on a 7 year journey with us through the hardest times of our lives. So much joy and so much pain have been experienced in those years inside the walls of the hospital. So although I only walked one “graduate” through the doors of the reunion, I carried two in my heart that just graduated straight to Jesus...shew, all.the.tears.
•2012: Berkley Lane - 24 weeks
•2015: Sadie Kathryn - 28 weeks
•2018: Henry Glenn - 25 weeks
I didn’t get to see all my people but I did see a few of my favorites and snapped some pics!
We love you, Floyd NICU!
((And Santa of course))
