LUKE'S NICU CELEBRATION

FOR THOSE WHO DONT KNOW, LUKE WAS BORN 9 WEEKS PREMATURELY. HE SPENT 6 WEEKS IN BAPTIST HOSPITAL'S NICU. IT WAS A DIFFICULT TIME FOR ALL OF US AND HE HAS GONE THROUGH SO MUCH SINCE HIS BIRTH. HE IS DOING GREAT!!! EVERY YEAR BAPTIST HOLDS AN ANNUAL "BIRTHDAY PARTY" FOR THE SURVIVORS OF THE NICU. WE ATTENDED LAST YEAR AND AGAIN THIS YEAR IN AUGUST 2007. WE GET TO TALK WITH SOME OF LUKE'S DOCTORS THAT CARED FOR HIM DURING HIS STAY AND WE ALSO GET TO SEE SOME OF OUR FAVORITE NURSES. IT IS A VERY EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE AND WE LOVE GOING. IT REMINDS US HOW FAR WE HAVE COME AND BLESSED WE ARE. THIS YEAR THE NICU IS EXPANDING ITS UNIT FROM A 28 BED FACILITY TO A 53 BED FACILITY. LUKE WAS ABLE TO PUT HIS FOOTPRINT ON A CANVAS THAT WILL BE GOING INTO THE NEW NICU. WE ARE EXCITED TO VISIT UPON ITS COMPLETION. HE HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE CELEBRATION....HE AND HIS BROTHER WE ABLE TO GET BALLOON ANIMALS, NEW BOOKS, COTTON CANDY AND OTHER SNACKS, AS WELL AS VISITING WITH SOME OF THE OTHER CHILDREN THAT WE KNEW DURING OUR STAY AT THE NICU. WE ARE HOPING TO ATTEND EVERY YEAR.