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Friday, September 9, 2011

surprising things about the NICU

when the nurse was asked by me if this is a stressful job, she smiled (sincerely), and said, "no."

you can move those babies around easier than you'd think, even with all those wires.

all those wires keep getting tangled up. (ok, so not exactly surprising)

no, charlie, all the babies in here aren't ours. (it just feels that way.)

no, charlie, if you push on this little thingamajig right here on luke's tummy, he does not get up and walk around. or throw a football.

they let little kids in there. (but they don't let little kids in the regular nursery. or adults, either. not even mom and dad.)

they take little kids' temps before they let them in there - for infection control purposes. but they don't take adults' temps. why not?

apparently, an adult with a temp is less dangerous than a kid with one.

who knew?