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Five families who met in NICU reunite with doctors and nurses in Boston
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BOSTON — Five families who met in the neonatal intensive care unit at Brigham and Women맥스카지노s Hospital reunited with their care teams in Boston.
Mom Caitlin Cummings said the families have stayed in touch since their children were born more than five years ago.
"Our kids were all born within days of each other, and then we were all there for months,맥스카지노 she said. 맥스카지노So, you get to know people."
Mom Elizabeth Faboyede said the families helped each other through constant worry when their children were too fragile to go home. Her daughter was born at just 22 weeks gestation. She spent 144 days in the NICU.
"Reality set in after, like, Day 7. I was just like, 맥스카지노Wow, we're really in it for the long haul,맥스카지노맥스카지노 Faboyede said. 맥스카지노I just remember going to the family lounge and meeting some other families, and I was just like, 맥스카지노OK, we're all in this together.맥스카지노"
Medical director Dr. Elisa Abdulhayoglu said having support after leaving the hospital is just as critical, especially in the beginning.
"They have that sense of, 맥스카지노Whoa, I had all these monitors; I had the nurses there 24/7, all of this help,'맥스카지노맥스카지노 Abdulhayoglu said. 맥스카지노Now they're like, 맥스카지노Oh my gosh, I have to take my, my son, my daughter home,맥스카지노 and that additional support of families that are going through the same thing is really important."
"We have a little group chat, and we lean on each other when our kids get sick, and we start freaking out,맥스카지노 Cummings said. 맥스카지노We'll text each other, and we feel like we're the only ones that really understand."
While the families are in touch, they don't always get to see the nurses and doctors who so carefully cared for their children. Cummings said the recent opportunity to connect with the Brigham team was meaningful.
"I mean, they're the ones that, you know, when they cried in the middle of the night and we weren맥스카지노t here, they took care of them,맥스카지노 she said. "Our time here, the, the nurses became, I mean, like our family ... I can't thank them enough."
