Leaving the NICU

Our first night together in the NICU ...

Between our excitement, Britton waking up to eat, and the false alarms of the apnea monitor, I think we got about 3 hours of sleep this night.

Dad & Britton cuddling in the morning. Dad didn't realize that due to diaper leakage that warm feeling by his heart wasn't just love!

Saying our goodbyes ...

This is one of my favorite pictures. Britton is looking up at one of the women who saved his life. Wanda, a NICU nurse practitioner, ran the code on Britton when he was born. She and three nurses performed CPR for 9 minutes, ran lines & gave him epinephrine & bicarb to bring him back. We talked to Wanda yesterday about those first scary moments, and we all just stand amazed that #1 Britton is here with us today and #2 that he is doing so well. We will forever be grateful to these nurses who literally saved our son's life.

Dr. John Woods, who delivered Britton, with our baby boy. He just happened to be around the corner in labor & delivery when Danny & I arrived at the hospital the morning of Jan. 8. The nurses were looking for Britton's heartbeat when they finally thought they saw a weak heartbeat by ultrasound. Dr. Woods came in & immediately called a stat c-section and Britton was born just 8 minutes later. We just can't imagine life if things had turned out differently, and are forever grateful for this doctor's decisive actions & fast hands.

Here is Nurse Pam loving on Britton. She was one of the nurses in the delivery room who performed CPR. She also took care of him his whole first day on the cooling blankets. I wasn't around much on the first day as I was recovering from surgery, but Pam was so great with one freaked out dad.

Nurse Peyton took care of Britton a lot during our stay, and she was the nurse who turned Britton over to us on discharge day!

Nurse Patricia is the NICU charge nurse, and she did a lot of spoiling during Britton's stay. When Britton was awake and fussy, she would get him up and make him "go to work" with her.

Nurse Holly had Britton a lot during those early days of the cooling & warming process. She was so great and helped us understand better what was going on.

As you can see Britton had such great care during his NICU stay! There were so many wonderful doctors & nurses who saved his life & gave him such great took care, and we are so grateful. Obviously, one of our fave nurses is missing from these pictures. Amy, who took care of Britton a lot in the early weeks, wasn't there on the day we departed. But we have many fond memories and pictures of Britton being "Amy-fied".Wish we had pictures of all of the great nurses for Britton's scrapbook. We just can't say thank you enough!

Our little miracle.