Items Tagged ‘NICU’
March 10, 2020
After Loss, Bereavement Keepsakes Wrap NICU Families in Love and Support
By In the Loop 
Since 2013, Mayo Clinic NICU colleagues have sewn bereavement blankets and bags to help comfort families through some of the hardest times of their lives.
Tags: Amie Benson, Laura Coons, Mayo Clinic Children's Center, NICU, Nuring
September 19, 2019
Gentle Wings Offers Families Photos That Comfort and Heal
By In the Loop
Dana Brennan Duffney, a desk operations specialist at Mayo Clinic, launched the nonprofit Gentle Wings to provide free photography sessions for families who have lost infants and those receiving care in the neonatal ICU.
Tags: Dana Duffney, Gentle Wings, Mayo Eugenio Litta Children's Hospital, NICU, volunteer photographers
March 19, 2015
Cashing in on Life — Aspiring Auctioneer Takes Advantage of Second Chance
By In the Loop
By all accounts, and his parents’ admission, 10-year-old Cash Owens probably shouldn’t be alive today. “Twelve hours after he was born, he started vomiting neon green,” Leah Owens, Cash’s mom, tells us. “They told us that his intestines did not develop right.” At that point, their local health care provider told Leah and Dan Owens, […]
Tags: GI Surgery, Mayo Clinic Children's Center, NICU, pediatrics