Kristie McNealy, MD

1780g* – that’s how much our little girl weighed when she was born. She was 41cm long.  Why do I know this?  Well it isn’t because I have an odd infatuation with the metric system.  It’s because she spent her first 46 days in the NICU, where weights come in grams, length in centimeters and [...]

A couple of days ago, I wrote a post about the emotional impact of prematurity, and I discussed the fact that being a preemie isn’t something you get to leave at the door of the NICU.  What I want to talk about today follows along those same lines, and while it will probably resonate with [...]