Thursday, January 3, 2013

"Never Let Go"

A journalist recently wrote a long, three-part essay about her experience with her 23-week preemie. Better than anything else that I have read, it captures the small details and the emotional roller coaster of life in the NICU. I highly recommend that you read it. The main page to "Never Let Go" by Kelley Benham of the Tampa Bay Times also includes photos, video, and two well done info-graphics (1, 2). You can jump straight to the essay here (1, 2, 3).

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About Loki Sky

Loki Sky is a special little man. He was a very early micropreemie, weighing only 610 grams (1 lb, 5 oz) after 24 weeks, 3 days gestation, born to an American Father and a Dutch Mother in Berkeley, California on October 18, 2008.

On January 11, 2009, while still in the hospital NICU, his one kidney stopped working. It was repaired after three surgeries. After spending time in three hospitals in three cities, Loki came home on February 17. He struggled with eating, and then stopped in July, leading to 8 days in the hospital, a failure-to-thrive diagnosis, and a NG feeding tube. On October 10, a minor surgery installed a G feeding tube. Another procedure replaced it with a new one, and then again with a Mic-Key button in Jan. 2010.

In August 2010, he and his parents moved to the Netherlands.

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