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Juniper Has Things on Her Head

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Post date May 30, 2020
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The first time we held Juniper was when she was 5 or 6 days old. She was

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Juniper’s First Days Warm

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Post date May 30, 2020
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After doctors warmed Juniper up, we still didn’t know if she would would wake up. Doctors had 2 predictions: “Nope” and “Probably Nope”

Michael Holding Juniper, First time — I got to hold her some. But mostly, we sat next to her crib, singing her favorite songs, reading Juniper the Happiest Fox (by Jessica Coker)and holding hands. Well, we held hands even while Juniper was cooled.

Because the future was unknown, we just tried to be grateful for the time we were getting with our tiny human.

Holding Juniper for the First Time

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Post date May 30, 2020
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I don’t know if every parent remembers the first time they get to hold their little one, but I certainly do. Juniper was 4 or 5 days old. She had just made it through 3 days of “cooling,” where she looked like a small, tepid blueberry and to the surprise of Drs., woke up.

Hospital policy normally prevents parents from holding intubated patients, but made an exception for Danielle. We were both wrecked, without sleep or showers for days. But holding, for those few minutes, we got to forget about the past few days. And even though we were surrounded by the beeps, bleeps, humm and buzz of machines… And even though she had wires and tubes attached to nearly every part of her body- we got to be a family for the first time.