Medical Moms of NICU Podcast

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
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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. 
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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!
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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.
 
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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.
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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.

Christmas without You

This episode shares how difficult it was to celebrate Christmas as I mourn double deaths in my family within 6 months. In this episode I validate how difficult it was to sing holiday songs, watch Christmas movies, and enjoy Christmas lights because I deeply miss my dad and my aunt. I also validate how important it was for me to reach out to a grief counselor and encourage my listeners to do the same should they find themselves feeling holiday blues. 
 

Happy 40th Birthday to my Husband

Facing double deaths in my immediate family has brought so much gratitude for life. This episode I share how grateful I am to celebrate my husband's 40th birthday this MMONday. I watched my husband be a pallbearer 2x for my dad and aunt within 6 months. These close deaths have brought greater appreciation for life. 
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Celebrating Great Memories in Grief

This episode highlights the day my life changed again as I was notified my aunt passed away. This episode shares how I was able to honor the great memories my aunt had with me and pass them on to my own family of 6. This episode also shows how God can show you divine signs of gratitude in sorrow.
 
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