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PP here. I appreciate your thoughtful post and the medical info you've shared. I'll add that my nephew was extremely fortunate in that he was born in a hospital known for top-notch, quality NICU care; and we have nurses in our family for extra support. [/quote]

I think the PP NICU nurse's point is that it is extremely difficult for a micropreemie no matter the quality of care, and that having high level life support technology now is a mixed blessing for some babies. [/quote]

I'll cop to both. I am always glad to know success stories. We had one ex-preemie herself come back as a NICU nurse, once all grown up. Her isolette picture was still on the wall from an old Christmas card.

I remember ever single one we stopped doing interventions for. It was always because their bodies could not keep up with the harm we were doing to them. None of us, from head neonatologist to kangaroo care volunteer, gave a flying rat's ass about whether it cost too much money.

I used to decorate namecards for them in between charting. Colored pencils in the brightest colors, because it made the isolette look a little more like a baby's space, instead of a place for us.[/quote]

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