Comments on: A Sense of Conviction

By: Ten Dollar Thoughts » Blog Archive » Baby Boom

Ten Dollar Thoughts » Blog Archive » Baby Boom — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:08:36 +0000

[...] tell you this not to applaud myself. (I do what I do because I need to; because my son started his life in that very NICU and because it healed him.) I tell you this because one result of my time in the NICU is a [...]

By: Ten Dollar Thoughts » Blog Archive » Pressured to Push

Ten Dollar Thoughts » Blog Archive » Pressured to Push — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:25:37 +0000

[...] and fewer things can go wrong. And I suspect that at some level GAP believes (particularly given our experiences with IEP’s delivery) that all babies would more prudently be delivered surgically. He doesn’t really understand [...]

By: Ten Dollar Thoughts » Blog Archive » March for Babies

Ten Dollar Thoughts » Blog Archive » March for Babies — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:08:11 +0000

[...] wrote several weeks ago about IEP’s rocky start in life, including his admission to the NICU immediately after his birth. We were among the lucky in that [...]

By: Life Plans: Getting from here to there « Eva Evolving

Life Plans: Getting from here to there « Eva Evolving — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:55:35 +0000

[...] week, Gale at Ten Dollar Thoughts wrote about her newborn son’s unexpected trip to the NICU. Amber at Making the Moments Count [...]

By: Kristen @ Motherese

Kristen @ Motherese — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:10:50 +0000

Sorry to be so late to this post, but couldn’t move on without joining in the chorus of commenters applauding your decision to give back to Children’s Hospital. And I love the tie-in to your gratitude journal. I admire the connectedness you seem to carry with you in life.

By: becca

becca — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:49:20 +0000

I’m so happy that what started as such a scary beginning is now in the past. And I applaud you for what you’re moving ahead with. My brother in law is a Pediatric Oncologist at one of the top Children’s hospitals in the country. He proudly took us on a tour there last time we visited and I had to leave. I could NOT see so much sadness. I struggled to keep my composure as he introduced us to his little patients all with terrible diseases running through them. These little kids were all so unbelievably strong and I was not. I felt so guilty. So sad. I don’t know how my BIL does it but there is no one in the entire world that I respect more. And I have the same respect for you. It’s amazing. It takes a certain, special person to do that job and I’m so sad I’m not one of them because it would feel so good to give in that way. What you’re embarking on is truly wonderfull.

By: casual friday every day

casual friday every day — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:16:15 +0000

What an incredible, heart wrenching post. You’ve moved me.

Nell

By: Eva

Eva — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:38:55 +0000

Simply beautiful, Gale. Thank you for sharing this with us. It truly is a miracle every time a healthy baby is born – or modern medicine saves a life in dire circumstances. Good doctors are a blessing. So glad to hear your little boy is healthy now.

With volunteering – or charitable giving or serving on a nonprofit board – it’s so important to find something you feel in your heart. It’s not a decision to make with your head. You’re right: it will be hard and will break your heart. But you will do so much good for strangers, for parents going through the same fear you once felt. The loving role you play will stay with families for a long time.

By: A l'il bit squishy

A l'il bit squishy — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:43:16 +0000

No one will ever say that they were loved too much or that they loved too much. Thank you for finding the time in your life and the love in your heart to do this. It should feel good, just as it will for those children who will experience your heart while in the hospital. Thank you.

By: TheKitchenWitch

TheKitchenWitch — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:59:10 +0000

That’s wonderful! Miss M. was a NICU baby, too. Those days were so hard, watching her in the little cooker-thingy, with tubes up her nose. Having to put on all the special garb to even touch her.

You are doing a big and terrific thing. Good for you.