NICU Experience

The Tuesday night after Parker was born, he stayed in the nursery for monitoring while we went home...a pain I will never forget.  The next day, our neonatologist (Dr. Fisher) told us that he would need to spend a few days in the NICU, again not allowed to come home with us.  His sodium and potassium levels were too high, showing that he was dehydrated.  Closely matched with the pain of not taking him home is the pain of seeing an IV in your newborn's head.  

Though his time in the NICU was extremely difficult for us, I can't speak highly enough of the staff and facility at Northwest.  They allowed us to call in 24 hours a day to check on Parker, feed him and snuggle him (as much as you can snuggle with a baby hooked up to so many machines), and taught us tricks to help us better care for him.  

Dr. Fisher was a godsend...some may feel that he does not have much of a bedside manner, but all we needed at the time was someone to just be blunt and honest with us.  We knew that under his care, Parker would get what he needed to be healthy enough to take home.  His expertise and attention to detail helped Parker get better.

Even though we were devastated by his admittance to the NICU, it was really a blessing, because we got to take Parker home confidently, knowing he was truly well enough to be with us.