Angels on Earth....

Angels on Earth...

I just wanted to take a moment to tell you about the incredible group of people whom I never thought I would meet; never thought in this life I would have the need to ever cross their path.  These people are an elite squad that I consider angels on earth.  They are the individuals that work in a NICU...

When I found out I was having triplets, I did my Mommy-to-be Duty of checking out the hospital I would be delivering at as well as 'tour' the NICU as I knew more than likely my little ones would spend some time in there.  The tour was nice, but I saw only the door of this place they called the NICU.  I was told this is where the sick and tiny ones go, but unfortunately we would not be able to tour the inside of it.  I thought nothing more about this "forbidden to the public" place and just hoped our visit would be short....

Little did I know the magnificence of such an area of the hospital.  Yes it is off the beaten path of a hospital, but for good reason... these people save the lives of tiny humans countless times.  Little humans who have no immune system, can't tell them what hurts or where the owies are, and who honestly, aren't meant to or expected to live in this world....

These people spend at least 12 hours a day doing everything in there power to save a life, over and over again.  You ask how they do it and always the first thing they say is "I get to know them and who they are, then do everything in my power to keep them happy, comfy, and growing big & strong".  They care.  They care about the little baby they're caring for and they care about their situation just as much.  They take the time to meet parents, grandparents, friends, whomever they can and they make it their job to teach each of us all about our little one, answering our countless questions about their life in the NICU.  

Through this journey I have met so many wonderful people.  We've been at 3 hospitals so far and each one of them has left me in awe of the caring, loving, and unwavering strength they have to help these little ones defy the odds.  These little ones aren't expected to live and yet they fight for all of us- they help miracles come true every day.  Beyond that, they see the bug-eyed, scared-to-death parents (like ourselves:)) and they spend hours just talking through anything and everything to make us feel better....

Today, I was left speechless when one of Maggie's nurses came to us saying she had a surprise.  She pulled out a Halloween costume for Ms. Maggie that she had purchased with her mother over the weekend at Build-a-Bear.  Side note: yes my daughter did fit perfectly in a costume made for a stuffed bear;).  By honestly, my eyes started to well up as I just was taken aback by her thought to do that for us.  She took the time to gingerly put it on Maggie and help us take some pictures.  She knew we needed a fun moment with our little one after a tough weekend and it just meant the world to us....

So, I say all these words.... when really I just want to say THANK YOU.  Thank you to each and every one of you who before all this was just a stranger.  You are an amazing group and you touch people's lives in a way that is unexplainable.  Thank you for believing in our children, loving & supporting them when we are unable, and for truly being angels on earth.... the impact you have made on me leaves me speechless.  Thank you.