Medical Moms of NICU Podcast

March is Kidney Disease Month

March is Kidney Disease Month! Shoutout to all the kidney warriors out there! Today I celebrate son's kidney medical milestone to switch from Nutrient Jr Formula to Nestle Compleat Organic Blends! Our new feeding order arrived todayI also celebrate the Priceless Value of Medical Mom duties and responsibilities that often aren't always publicly recognized.
Join Medical Momunity
www.facebook.com/medicalmomsofnicu
 

The Power of Spiritual Fasting

Have you ever felt lonely? Have you ever felt discouraged? Or maybe confused on your life purpose on this earth? In this episode, I discuss how beneficial spiritual fasting is. For 28 days, I unplugged from social media for God to move mountains in my life. This episode is to show the benefits of intentionally becoming closer to God in medical chaos.
Join Medical Momunity
www.facebook.com/medicalmomsofnicu
#fasting #prayer

Finally on Food after 5 years of Formula

This episode is SPECIAL as I share my 5 year old NICU graduate is now on REAL food through his feeding tube. My NICU miracle was 6 months breastfeed, but eventually needed a Gtube (Gastrostomy Tube) and Similac formula to grow in preparation for a kidney transplant. 2 years post kidney transplant we are now on Complete Food Blends via gtube. Listen to this episode to learn how to receive this healthier nutrition for your miracle.
Medical Momunity
www.facebook.com/medicalmomsofnicu

Tips for Hospital Discharge

From PICU to Hospital Discharge! This episode gives Medical Mom Tips on how to prepare for hospital discharge, cope with inpatient stays, and also how to be supported in medical chaos. May these tips help you better prepare for hospital discharge, and also ease your mind as a medical mom while your child is inpatient. #nicu #picu #hospitaldischarge
Join Our Medical Momunity
www.facebook.com/medicalmomunity
 

10 Liters of Oxygen PICU Admission

Imagine an Outpatient Appt to Inpatient Stay. Your NICU miracle has symptoms of a common cold, but due to immune suppression from kidney transplant it transpires to low oxygen and rapid heartrate. It's called, "Human Pneumonia Virus." This respiratory virus is life-threatening to medically-complexed miracles. Today's episode shows real medical mom reality as I report from the PICU my miracle's fight HMPV + Pneumonia + UTI. 
#picu #nicu #upperrespiratoryinfection #medicalmom #pneumonia

Navigating Medical Chaos

This episode is all about making Medical Mom Life easier when your medically-complexed miracle has many appointments. Listen to this episode as I discuss how to cut down on the madness of medical appts,  school, managing work, and multiple children. This episode features my Triple Threat under 6. Happy 11th Episode! Thanks for your support!
 Join Medical Momunity
www.facebook.com/medicalmomsofnicu
#nicu #momof3

Celebrating Life 4x in 2023

This episode reflects on how good it feels to celebrate life 4x in 2023 despite double losses in 2022. I give gratitude that God saw fit to keep my medically-complexed miracle alive to thrive at 5. This is an unfiltered medical mom episode of reflection of the highs and lows of medical challenges and medical milestones.
 
Join Medical Momunity
www.facebook.com/medicalmomsofnicu

Donating Blood on my Dad’s 60th Birthday

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?' " Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In honor of MLKJ day I donated blood on my Dad's 60th Birthday. This act of service was humbling as I recall my oldest child needing multiple blood transfusions in the NICU. This episode will hopefully inspire you to channel grief and trauma in positive ways to help lift you up and your community. #donateblood #donatelife #medicalmom #nicu #bloodtransfusion #savelives

First Birthday Without You (Chapter 35)

This special episode honors how to celebrate life while mourning the loss of a loved one. God willing this week I will be celebrating 4 birthdays, but one of them is a heavenly birthday. My dad would have been 60 on Dr. Martin Luther King's Day. Assuming my family is well, we will celebrate all birthdays on Kings Day at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, TN. This event is free and open to the public.
#grief #celebratelife #chapter35 #nicu #counseling #newyearnewme #trauma #formoms

Put Your Oxygen Mask on First in 2023

2022 was powerful spiritual year that taught me a deep soul lesson of the importance of selfcare. Often as Medical Moms of NICU we fail to make our health a priority because we are busy making sure our medically-complexed miracle has their medications, medical supplies, and medical appts, but we never stop to freeze to take care of us. Last year, I finally put boundaries up by making myself a priority as I almost drowned in postpartum depression caregiving for 3 under 5.