Prematurity

93 Days: A Lesson In Life, Love, and Hope

April 27, 2013

The fact that the girls are now in school is amazing to me considering their humble beginnings. Like many things in life, the beauty is the journey and it’s taken me some time to be able to really accept and process the journey that brought us to where we are today. When Val and I [...]

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93 Days – A Lesson In Love, Life, and Hope

August 29, 2011

Last in a 4 part series.  To read the story in its entirety, click HERE.   The ensuing hours passed ever so slowly.  My worst nightmare was unfolding before me and I knew at that very moment, my life was altered forever.  True fear is an awareness of a complete lack of control and when [...]

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93 Days – The Phone Call (Part 3)

December 22, 2010

NOTE: Parts 1 and 2 were posted previously.  To follow the story chronologically, you should read these posts first: PART 1 PART 2 After the phone call from the Genetics Counselor informing us that the most recent barrage of tests came back, yet again, inconclusive, there was nothing more to do.  They had no more [...]

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My Winter Fat Suit

December 17, 2010

There is something cathartic about the Holiday Letter for me each year. As I sit down to write this (after several – we’ll call them subtle – hints by Val considering the Christmas cards arrived almost a week ago now), I re-visit 2010. What has happened? What was good? What was bad? And what would [...]

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Today is Prematurity Awareness Day

November 17, 2010

Today is Prematurity Awareness Day. And the issue of prematurity is something I hold close to my heart and for which I have a deep respect. Let me explain. I have three children: identical twin 4 year old daughters who spent 93 horrifying days in the NICU when they were born at 27 ½ weeks, [...]

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Hugs

August 18, 2010

It’s been almost 4 years since our identical twin girls were born. And while that may seem like a long time, when I think back on our journey, the memories are as vivid and present as they were on September 22nd, 2006. It seems that as each birthday approaches, I seem to re-connect with the [...]

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93 Days – Tests (Part 2)

November 17, 2009

When the technician left the exam room to get the doctor, Val and I sat in silence for a moment.  There was a frozen image on the monitor of two children that didn’t look right to the tech, but to us, were the most amazing and beautiful things we had ever seen. How could something [...]

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93 Days – Part 1 | Pregnant!

October 16, 2009

It’s amazing to me that the girls are now three years old and attending pre-school.  And even more amazing/horrifying/exciting/exhausting to think that we also have a 7 month old son.  Time sure does fly and I’m reminded of the lyric, “how did I get here?”  I offer no explanation. Like most things in life, the [...]

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Faith

June 16, 2009

When we walked into that meeting last week, we were prepared; we were prepared to do whatever it took to get our children what they needed in order to succeed in life.  And while it’s always good to prepare, be prepared, and execute with vengeance, sometimes all you need is a little faith. We were [...]

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My Turn to Fight

June 11, 2009

Our girls were born emergently three months early and spent 93 days in the NICU initially clinging to life.  It was the most harrowingly difficult time in our lives. But they made it and were discharged on Christmas Eve, 2006.  To say they are fighters is an understatement.  And while they fought for their lives during [...]

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