Greetings!
Our second trip to gymnastics was so much fun! We caught a couple of pictures and movies of Jonas and Elsa in action. Enjoy!
We had an uneventful week! This is great!
We were asked to write a letter of support for MultiCare's efforts to expand the NICU in Tacoma by about a 1/3. The call came early this week and basically said we had been recommended as a family that might be able to share the family experience of being in the NICU and having children transported by the NICU team.
Our second trip to gymnastics was so much fun! We caught a couple of pictures and movies of Jonas and Elsa in action. Enjoy!
We had an uneventful week! This is great!
We were asked to write a letter of support for MultiCare's efforts to expand the NICU in Tacoma by about a 1/3. The call came early this week and basically said we had been recommended as a family that might be able to share the family experience of being in the NICU and having children transported by the NICU team.
God Bless,
Dan & Mari & Jonas & Elsa
A copy of our letter is below:
To....:
To....:
Our family is writing to you in support of the efforts of MultiCare to expand the capacity for premature babies at Tacoma General Hospital. We will be forever blessed by our experiences at Tacoma General because of the compassion and skill of the doctors and nurses in the NICU and ICN.
Our twins, Elsa and Jonas, arrived quite suddenly and unexpectedly in December, 2008. At twenty-four weeks gestation, they were four months early and each weighed close to one pound. We can not fully describe the fear, anxiety, and worry we experienced as our babies were born at Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, Washington. The transportation squad of NICU nurses from Tacoma General arrived about fifteen minutes after our twins were born and there was an immediate calm in the room. The nurses were experts and knew exactly what needed to be done to save our children’s lives. They spent several hours stabilizing our children for transportation, explained to us what has happening, and whisked our babies off to safety at Tacoma General. It was amazing.
The next five months we watched in constant awe at the miracles of modern medicine and compassion that the doctors and nurses have at the Tacoma General NICU. On the milestone days, our children were strong enough to be removed from a ventilator or started receiving food via a feeding tube, the nurses and doctors shared our joy. On the hard days, our son had multiple surgeries and our daughter had a level four brain bleed, the doctors and nurses extended a compassion that goes beyond any job description. We never knew what to expect each day with our babies’ health but we knew that the staff would support us and prepare us for each step along the way of the marathon.
Two years removed from the NICU and ICN, our children are doing amazingly well. Our daughter and son are healthy, happy, and developmentally on track. Being one pound each at birth they would not have survived without the resources and people at Tacoma General NICU. We hope that you will be able to support MultiCare in their work to enhance their services. They are an irreplaceable asset to our community and Western Washington.
Thank you for your consideration of our letter. Please feel free to contact us if we can provide any additional information.
Sincerely,
Dan, Mari, Jonas & Elsa Lysne
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