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Gift: Jen Murray (left) looks at photos after giving a survival kit to Sara Scott, 28, whose premature quadruplets have been in a neonatal intensive care unit at St. Vincent Women’s Hospital since Nov. 25. – Matt Detrich / The Star Our NICU Survival Kits Made Front Page News!  You can read the full article …

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Today in Verbs

Today I walked through the doors of a hospital that became my address for 36 days, nearly 3 years ago… Today I scrubbed my hands with the same soap smell that I associate my newborn preemies with… Today I travelled down the same hallway to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit that became my 4 sons’ …

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Bloggers Unite: March of Dimes

Today over 400 Bloggers are participating in Bloggers Unite Fight for Preemies to raise awareness of the 20 million babies who are born prematurely each year.  The March of Dimes is fighting to drastically decrease these numbers.  You can learn how to help fight against premature birth here. As a mother of four preemies, I …

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NICU Survival Kits: What’s Next? (Update)

Update: Isella went to be with Jesus this afternoon.  Although her 3 days on this earth were short, her impact on this world will be long lasting.  Please keep her parents Myka and Ben in your prayers as they face the difficult days ahead. My heart is heavy for several babies currently struggling in the …

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NICU Survival Kits in the Media

Monday a local news station, Fox59 News, spotlighted our family and our NICU Survival Kit Project in their “Female Focus” segment.  I was grateful for the opportunity to spread the word on this project.  They did a top-notch job on our story, and were very generous at covering my nervous jitters, ramblings, and word fumbles. …

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NICU Survival Kits: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

If you’ve been around the block and back with 4tunate, you are familiar with our “NICU Survival Kits”.  It’s been quite some time since I’ve posted about them. We took an extended break after our move and then we got caught up in parenting two year old toddlers to dedicate the time and resources required …

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Picnicking with Miracles

Sunday was one of our much anticipated events of the summer, the annual St. Vincent’s NICU Reunion. Each year this event seems to become more meaningful and more enjoyable to us as a family.  It’s an event that fills us with joy, and humbles us with thanksgiving.  We cannot thank the staff at St. Vincent’s …

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Meals, Mayhem, and Miracle Memories (Part 3)

A few days ago, we received this in the mail… Recognize anyone in this collage?  How about now? He’s a cute little booger, if I do say so myself!  This picture was taken last year at St. Vincent’s Annual NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) Reunion Picnic with one of our primary care nurses, Nataline.   This …

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