Last week our good friend Niki visited us. She spent some number of hours at the NICU keeping us and the boys company. Niki posted her impressions and some photos from her visit in her blog, so I thought I would 'borrow' some of the posting for our own blog. Niki is a keen observer of people and things, and an entertaining writer to boot.
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------ from The Nikiverse http://www.thenikiverse.blogspot.com/ -----
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June 16, 2009. As you know, i've been in NC visiting Mel and Mike and meeting the twins. I spent quite a bit of time in the NICU and it wasn't at all what i expected. Having spent more than my fair share of time in hospitals with my mom i find them to be depressing, antiseptic places that suck the vitality right out of your eyeballs. Not this place. I mean, yes, there was a low level of terror the whole time waiting to see how James was doing, but generally i found Pod F to be a bright and hopeful place. The nurses were amazing and the equipment was astonishing. People were friendly and genuinely interested and concerned by the twins' progress.
The only really hard part for me was that i couldn't touch the boys as they are keeping contaminants to a minimum, which is perfectly understandable, but it took a force of will to not tuck Matthew's perfect little hands back into his swaddling or stroke James' head so that he would know he's not in this battle alone. We did spend a lot of time talking to both boys and one of my favorite moments was when i heard Mike singing the theme from I Dream of Jeannie to James.
It was also nice to see Matthew come out of his isolette and be held by both mom and dad. To give you an idea of size, here is Matthew in relation to Mike's arm.
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Thanks for letting me share in your journey. I can't wait to come back.
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