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A Preemie Grows Up: Pandemic Edition

Well, here we are in 2020. It's been a few years now since my family's journey through the NICU and the two years that followed of RSV isolation, specialists and interventionists. If you had asked me if I'd ever have to do the isolation thing again, I'd have given my speech about how once through the NICU was enough for me. Yet, here we are. I hope families are coping as well as they can and enjoying the quiet moments together. There have been some beautiful moments for our family that I know wouldn't have been possible in a regular year.  There have also been moments of great fear and loss. I lost my father in September. Not to COVID19, but the pandemic affected my family's ability to be there for my mother or visit my father during his 5 months in the hospital.  My former preemie is navigating the virtual learning world very well. I know this won't be true for all families. He has hypotonia and sensory processing issues, so sitting still and quiet for hour...