One of our favorite nurses

Our NICU had amazing nurses! There was literally maybe one or two that we didn't jive with over almost 7 weeks. They all provided such exellcent care to Asher and were really kind to us. He had a minmum of 2 different nurses every 24 hrs. The NICU let us have a primary care team, which meant we got ask certain nurses if they would take care of Asher whenever they were on.

One of our team members was Pat. He had been a NICU nurse at our hospital for over 18years and in his spare time was a National Guard flight nurse. He deployed regularly to crazy places all over the world! He held a special place in my heart, because he was the one that helped me hold Asher for the first time. He also really helped me get over my fear of working with Asher (try not being afraid of hurting a baby that is only 3pds! ) and taught Andrew and I how to do a lot of his every 3hr. "hands on" time (temp taking, diaper changing, feeding tube feeding, etc)

We didn't find out until almost the end of our stay that he was a Lt. Col. I told Asher he got off easy because Pat didn't make him salute him each morning! :) Asher did follow his orders pretty well though! Thanks Pat for your great care and patience with us and Asher!