Yesterday I got a surprising email from a mom I befriended with during the NICU days. Her daughter's incubator was next to Emilia's and she and I were quite close before they got transferred out..
Any way, her email was telling me to watch out for a cold/flu because her baby got hospitalized again because she got sick with a cold. Apparently a visitor (her niece) had a cold and my friend's whole family came down with the cold too. For some reason, her preemie baby girl was the last one to get sick, but most seriously ill. She was too sad and upset. She said all the alarm bells and noise in the hospital brings back the terrible memory from the NICU days and the worst is having to watch her baby cry.
Her email was a sad reminder how vulnerable our babies are just as the holiday season is starting off with more visitors into our house. I do ask them to wash their hands before touching Emilia but I really can't see if they are washing thoroughly or simply dipping their hands in water. Also not everyone knows that after you wash your hands, if you touch other things, like your cell phone, your hands are not clean any more. That is why I have the alcohol sanitizer near Emilia all the time. Sometimes I don't want to nag people to use the sanitizer because I might offend them, but offending my guests might be better than having Emilia back in the hospital.
Emilia was born on May 31, 2011, at 25 weeks and 5 days in gestational age. She came home on October 21, 2011 after spending 143 days in the hospital. Today she's a thriving, happy baby who continues to amaze us every single day. This blog records the journey of our miracle baby.
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