Episode 10: Navigating love and loss in the NICU with 23 week twins.

As NICU physicians, we know that babies born at 23 weeks can face a multitude of issues, many life-threatening, and Liam and Wyatt experienced many of those complications. Fighting pulmonary hemorrhage, intestinal perforation, infection/sepsis, complications from central lines, and unfortunately the loss of Wyatt. Moving forward with the remainder of the NICU stay with Liam, they encountered more complications with retinopathy of prematurity, aspiration pneumonia, and ultimately a G-tube.

Ashley and Time courageously talk about their NICU experience and balancing love and loss in the NICU. Feeling split loyalty between grieving for Wyatt and celebrating Liam turned out to be one of the most difficult aspects of their NICU stay.

Since this was recorded just before Father’s Day, we talk a little bit about Dad’s role in the NICU as well.