11/25/2025
"I know the exact spot where I was when she called me. Because everything changed after that, you know? I actually ended up seeding that field this year, and they actually came and rode with me," said Alex Nielsen, dad of micropreemie twins Hazel and Briggs. "It was a full circle moment to go from so scary to having them being there with me. I don't know how else to describe it."
From coworkers to caregivers, scared to safe and from their farm to Fargo and back again, "full circle" sums up the Nielsen family's journey.
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When former NICU nurse Sarah Nielsen's water broke at 23 weeks, she needed the help of her old coworkers to care for her micropreemie twins.