NICU family host

When we were in the NICU, we had a few people come talk with us about their experiences of being in the NICU and they were apart of a volunteering group trained to do this to help any families who are struggling with being in the NICU or if there were people who needed someone to talk to. I was kind of thrown off guard both times we had someone come talk to us, but lately thinking back, and especially when I hear of other people going to the nicu, I think how truly nice it was to have had those people stop by. The first one we met in Neenah children's, her baby was sent to Milwaukee as well and she gave us some awesome tips for when we got to Milwaukee. I should try to find her and thank her because she warned us on how the children's cafeteria was way worse than the hospital that was connected to children's cafeteria was, we saved a nice amount of money on that tip alone! And the second mother I met, it was just nice to have a break and someone extra to talk to. I spent my weeks mostly alone with lua while my husband worked and my mom watched may, so when she stopped in it was nice to have someone new to talk to. So lately I have been thinking about this program and asked our first nurse lua had, what all you had to do to be in the program. I was worried that I wouldn't qualify because Lua passed away, maybe I'd be too depressing to talk to people. Today I was able to talk to the coordinator and as unfortunate as my situation is, there is a need for those who have lost babies. So today I registered for the training to try to become a NICU family host and hopefully I can help other families in any way I can. The nicu will always hold a special place in my heart, we went through soooo much there, learned so much, met so many people, felt like we were there forever.... And I truly sympathize with families that have to go there with their babies. So I'm excited to be starting this up. The training will be in October, just after Lua has been gone for one year... Feels like the right time.