Today is a very special day if you live in or around our area! That is because the new Helen DeVos Children's Hospital is officially open today! I can not say enough good things about this wonderful hospital where our daughters were born. The doctors and nurses there not only took amazing care of Alexcyn in her three days of life, but also took amazing care of us. The nurse that had been with Alexcyn most of her days cried with us when the dr told us there was little we could do. The night nurse that was there when we said our goodbyes switched roles that night and became a professional photographer to ensure that we had more pictures of our daughter than we could imagine. The staff made us a scrapbook with pictures of Alexcyn, quotes, poems, verses and even added the song verse that was in her obituary. They gave us blankets and memory boxes, gift cards, books and CD's with pictures. And, they dropped all of this off at our house personally! This was more than I could ever imagine a hospital doing. Especially since my daughter was sadly not the only one that passed away that day.
When the girls passed away, you asked us what you could do to help. We humbly asked you to donate money in memory of Brooke and Alexcyn to go specifically to the building fund for this new hospital. Not only does the new NICU hold many more babies (over 100!), but eventually they will have rooms available where the parents can actually stay right in the hospital with their baby. That is something that we would have loved to do with our baby girl.
So, I am sending out a big thank you to everyone who helped make this new hospital a reality!
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It will be so nice for the families. Part of me would love to see it, but then again, part of me hopes I never have to.
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