The NICU

I keep meaning to write about the NICU. It is kind of a strange place if you are not familiar with intensive care units. (Not many people are). At some level there is always drama and death, but for those who work there it can become very routine. That I think is the strange part. I sense though that most of the people who care for the infants are deeply affected by the loss of a child. They are also pleased when a child goes home, but often miss the child once he or she has left. In short, it is a place of deep caring under very difficult circumstances.
Grace has been there longer than any of the babies in our module so we, and in particular Deb, have become fixtures in module 5. We know many of the nurses and respiratory therapists well by now, and they know us well. We have become friends with many of them and all of them have been so kind to us and so generous of their time and care. We always feel that Grace is well taken care of and we cannot say "thank you" often enough. We feel lucky that Grace landed where she did.