NICU Reunion

Today was the NICU Reunion at the Denver Zoo. The hospital puts this on every other year, and it was impressive! They covered all admission costs, plus had a buffet lunch, a photographer, hats and binoculars for the kids, and they gave us coupons for free cotton candy. =) This was Jack's first time at the zoo. It barely got up to 50 degrees, but we still had a blast! He really liked the peacocks that wander around the pathways.

Steph, one of Jack's former nurses.

Jackie, another former nurse. It was great getting to see so many people - we saw some of his former roommates and their families, nurses, his developmental therapist, and his 2 main NICU doctors.

I was telling another mom yesterday at our Mommy and Me class about it, and I think you have to have gone through the NICU experience to understand why we'd all want to get together again. The doctors, therapists, and especially the nurses were who I spent most of my time with, every day, (and Jon too, on the weekends) for the 3 months Jack was in the hospital. It was strange to suddenly not see them every day, so it's nice to be able to keep up with them. And of course, to show off how great Jack is doing!