More than 50 NICU families returned to One Brooklyn Health \u2013 Brookdale Hospital on Friday to reunite with the medical staff that got them through struggle and survival. <\/p>\n
\u201cEvery little hurdle that we get through and every milestone, it\u2019s a celebration for us, as well,\u201d said Ashley Lewis, a NICU nurse. <\/p>\n
Lewis told News 12 that she was a NICU patient herself, and she has spent the last six years caring for other families. <\/p>\n
\u201cSeeing the babies that I helped take care of, whether they were 22 or 23 weeks and full-term, pre-term, whichever; it\u2019s just so rewarding,\u201d said Lewis. <\/p>\n
Denise King credited the hospital staff for the care they gave to her three NICU babies: 10-month-old Jiraiya and 3-year-old twins, Jiniyah and Josiah. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt shocked everybody that they were able to come home that fast,\u201d said King. \u201cThat\u2019s because they have the best doctors here for the children and the babies.\u201d <\/p>\n
Staff said they see about 400 NICU patients each year and build a bond with the families. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a relationship that is created over time, sometimes difficult conversations, life-threatening circumstances, hard decisions,\u201d said Dr. Kemi Mascoll-Robertson, the hospital’s clinical medical director of neonatology. \u201cSo, it\u2019s a really a journey.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to let them know that your journey is our journey, too,\u201d said Lewis. \u201cAs you are praying and concerned and crying over your baby, as are we.\u201d <\/p>\n
The hospital also unveiled a \u201cLegacy Wall,\u201d which highlights personal NICU stories. Staff said it will be installed near the entrance of the NICU to inspire future families. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 50 NICU families returned to One Brooklyn Health \u2013 Brookdale Hospital on Friday to reunite with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-328072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}