These NICU 'graduates' gathered with staff at childrensatl to celebrate the progress they've made since their stay in the hospital, showing off their growth in powerful before-and-after photos. 💛
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!The NICU grads, ranging in age from 7 months to 2 years old, showed their progress by holding pictures of themselves when they were in the NICU’s care and sharing their new hobbies and likes.Oh, the places they’ll go! More than 90 families of former NICU kids came together for the second annual NICU reunion.
Nationwide, about 7 babies per 100 births are admitted to the NICU. “Typically, babies who are admitted to NICUs are either premature, low weight, or have some type of underlying medical issue,” says Hansa Bhargava, MD, senior medical director at WebMD. “Ten percent of all babies born in the United States are born prematurely. There is a real need for this specialized care to help many of these infants.
Children’s NICU facilities are designed to provide a complete environment for newborns with complex conditions who may need extra care. In 2017, Children’s worked with 1,000 neonatal patients and performed 837 neonatal surgeries across all of its NICUs.to be in an intensive care unit, but parents should rest assured that a hospital that has a NICU has doctors who are experts in their field,” Bhargava says.
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