Evan's NICU Experience

The name "Evan" means "God is gracious."  And God was definitely gracious with Evan!  Evan's NICU stay was only 3.5 weeks long.  It is often said that the smaller baby is the first to go home because that baby knows how to deal with "stress."  In many cases, the smaller baby has had to deal with environmental stresses already when in the womb (fighting for space, food etc.); therefore, once he or she is born ... they are ready to "fight" in the same manner.

For Evan, his stay was all at St. Elizabeth's, and his main concern was weight gain.  By the time we brought him home, he was 4 lbs 10 ozs.  Still very tiny, but he was such a trooper!