"cjra" <cjrohr31@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> My little one, whom medical professionals didn't think would survive
> her first 12 hours, turned 2 years old today!
>
> Healthy, happy (most of the time), active, a ball of fire, into
> everything, full of life.
>
> Me? I'm an emotional mess: Happiest Mom on earth, and overwhelmed with
> emotion when I even think of the day she was born and the trauma that
> followed. It's a weird feeling....I never want to relive those days,
> even though they brought me the most amazing creature in my world.
>
> Do other NICU parents go through the same thing? I'm hoping one day we
> can look back on her birthday and just be happy, instead of the
> happiness combining with this feeling of terror in the pit of our
> stomachs.
Aww! Hope she had a very happy birthday, and it definitely seems like you
had a happy birthday for her, with all things considered!
I've never been an NICU parent with any of my babies, but DS was in the
pediatric intensive care unit after that car accident just after he turned
5.
Every time his birthday comes around, 2 days before that accident, I still
have some issues and I don't dare drive anywhere for anything on that same
day as the accident (lol?)
But... knowing everything turned out alright, I think, makes it still a
good
day, I would think, anyways.
I can't say if other parents go through the same thing, but I'm sure
you're
not alone with all the other NICU families and their little ones!
Hope she had a great birthday and many, many more to come! 2 already -
wow!!
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