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07/24/2025

“I don’t know how you did it.”

We didn’t have a choice.
We didn’t wake up one day deciding we wanted to be NICU parents.

But when it’s your baby, you do things you never thought you were capable of.

You learn to speak medical terms you never wanted to know.
You hold your breath every time a monitor beeps.
You hand your fragile baby to strangers and pray they bring them back to you.

Our babies create a strength inside of us that’s incomprehensible until you’re living it.

We don’t “do it” because we’re strong.
We do it because we’re parents.
and our babies are worth every single fight.

07/18/2025

The truth is… unless they’ve been here — unless they’ve walked this road of beeping monitors, medical jargon, sleepless nights, and fragile hope — they just won’t understand.

They won’t understand the ache of leaving the hospital without your baby.
They won’t understand the strength it takes to sit by an incubator day after day, praying for one more ounce gained or one less tube.
They won’t understand how something as small as a diaper change or a kangaroo cuddle can mean the world.

And that’s okay.

Because this journey has made us part of a tribe no one asks to join — but one full of warriors, miracles, and love beyond measure. 💙

To every NICU parent out there — I see you. I feel you. You’re not alone.

06/12/2025

Mommy and Kobe on “cure/close” date 6.11.2021, 6.11.2022, 6.11.2023, 6.11.2024, 6.11.2025 (last 3 wearing his Boston Children’s Hospital tshirt always on this day)

03/18/2025

My post didn’t go yesterday so I’m reposting today but Kobe turned 4 yesterday on St. Patrick’s Day!
“My little leprechaun turns 4 today. Words cannot begin to express the joy his little life gives me. For obvious reasons, he had to fight for his life for a very long time, and only the few people close to us, know that he still fights daily. His little smile though, and his voice, and hearing him form sentences and say Dr Orbach’s name and just live this wonderful life brings it all into perspective. He has been earthside for FOUR whole years with a rare condition that has brought us more friends and extended family than I can count. VOGM may have been a devastating diagnosis but I feel so blessed to have been given the responsibility of caring for him and for bringing a purpose in my life to help other kids like him. I work closely with the VOGM support network and he inspired my small business that’s growing by the day. Blessed is an understatement. This is 4🍀!!!!!”

02/24/2025

4 years ago we had the pleasure of meeting Dr Orbach via Zoom, after sending our info to Neuro NP Jen Judge and getting much needed information that geared us solely towards Boston. I will never be able to fully articulate the sense of comfort that immediately came over us when talking to him but the emotion was so very real. The wonder of him and his team is never lost on us. Just days later we left for Boston and never looked back.

02/06/2025

I hope you never…

I hope you never have to sit in a hospital and hear a diagnosis for your child.

I hope you never have to hold them down for regular exams and bloodwork,

or watch them be carried off into surgery by a stranger.

I hope you never have to fight for their right to exist,

And live in fear that they won’t.

I hope you never have to beg your child to breathe,

or even imagine what that’s like.

I hope you never know the pain of watching your child’s pain,

the exhaustion of watching their fight,

or the strength that is needed when they are weak.

I hope you never…

but if you do,

I hope you know you that you can,

and that you are capable.

I hope you never have to…

but if you do,

I hope you know that you are not alone.

Happy Rare disease month you guys.

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