Happy Nurses Week

NICU nurse holding Kolin (2019)

I am grateful for every classmate, professor (Drexel University and George Washington University), colleague who stood in the trenches with me, and mentors who helped guide my nursing career. 💜

I’m grateful for the L&D nurse who cared for me after Vinson died.... she held my hand, gently cleaned my baby up, took photos, and made hand and footprints that I will treasure forever.....and placed him in my arms.

I am grateful for every NICU nurse who cared for, held, and read to Kolin during his 183-day NICU stay. They are the ones who kept me sane during our NICU stay.

I am grateful for every PICU nurse who has cared for our family over the past 6.5 years, through more hospital stays than I can count.

I’m grateful for the school nurses who have cared for Kolin over the past 4 years, helping make it possible for him to safely attend school. Not only do they tend to Kolin's medical needs, they "see" him as a person.

Neither Kolin nor I would be who we are today without the nurses who have stood in the gaps for us over the years. Nurses have shaped our story in more ways than I can count. Their compassion, advocacy, skill, and kindness have carried us through some of the hardest moments of our lives.

Happy Nurses Week! 🩺✨