Friday, May 21, 2010

NICU tour

Al and I had a tour of the NICU since it is highly probable that at least one of the babies will be in the NICU. I was highly impressed and feel much better about the babies having to go there. The wing was remodeled within the last two years, and everything seems really nice. Each room has a maximum of two incubators for the babies. They do have two special "quad" rooms where there are two rooms connected with an adjoining door, like in a hotel. If all three babies needed to be in the NICU, they would give us one of those rooms. Each room is kind of like a "suite." It has one or two recliners with a hide-away bed. Visitors must be accompanied by the parents and wash their hands before they enter the ward, but they are welcome, with the exception of anyone under age 15. With that being said, I do hope Al and I get some time to bond with our new family before there are too many people wanting to meet the new Gahler's. After the visit, the NICU seems much less scary and I feel relieved to know what we could be looking at in the near future. (Although hopefully we won't have to visit their!)
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  1. Casey RethmanMay 22, 2010 at 7:59 AM

    So glad you guys got to go. It made us feel so much better too and then when the girls went for a few hours of transition it wasn't so scary. We also said we wanted to have 24 hours (or if it was less we would let them know) of time with just the girls. No visitors (except my mom, of course) so that we could meet our little ladies. Everyone respected it and it was very nice. In the end the girls were born at 9:33 and 9:34 and we were okay with people coming the next morning but they waited until we let them know. I would totally recommend making sure your family and friends understand that.

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  2. jodyMay 24, 2010 at 12:29 PM

    I agree with Casey, it was nice to not have a ton of people right away. Part of the reason we didn't call anyone when we first went to the hospital... I will anxiously await your call to come meet my nieces and nephew!!! and have Joe's parents ready to watch Wade!!!

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