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To the Mother of a Sick Child, You Are a Warrior

To the mom with a sick child, I see you. I see you . . . Missing work and contemplating quitting. Getting up and going to work on days…

There is a hallway that stands as a paradox unto itself. It is a hallway filled with hope, but at the same time filled with unthinkable fear. A…

December 8th marks seven years since we were admitted to the hospital with my son, Thao. These memories and feelings are still so fresh. To all the…

What started out to be a normal Thursday ended with a race to the children’s ER with my six-month-old. I was terrified. My adrenaline was…

At 19, I had never heard of the NICU. I didn’t know NICU nurses existed. Not many people know what you NICU nurses do, what goes on behind those…

I feel like such a bad mom . . . when I am tired, stressed and overwhelmed, and don’t give myself the time to acknowledge that I am tired, stressed…

I have never felt so united, yet so lonely, as in a hospital waiting room. My husband has had two surgeries since we moved to the island of Hawaii…

I only got one paragraph in to the New York Times study on the effect of rudeness on a doctor’s performance in the NICU before the mom guilt…

Family and friends often assure pregnant women that their “maternal instincts” can be relied on to guide them into motherhood. This…