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Awesome Hospital Organizes Graduation Ceremonies For Premature Babies Leaving Intensive Care
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Awesome Hospital Organizes Graduation Ceremonies For Premature Babies Leaving Intensive Care

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At CaroMont Regional Medical Center in North Carolina, some very special mini-ceremonies are taking place – honoring and celebrating the lives of premature babies. Once the newborns are about to leave the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), they get a personalized graduation cap and a portrait.

“It’s just for babies born at 34 weeks of gestation or earlier… when they leave it’s a huge accomplishment not only for the baby but parents as well,” Melissa Jordan, a nurse at CaroMont Regional Medical Center told Buzzfeed. “The program was started as a way to celebrate this milestone in the babies’ lives.”

Jordan was inspired to do this after spending time with a vulnerable baby who was born just at 29 weeks. “The day he got discharged, we gathered staff and we went in singing and dancing and gave him his cap — and his parents just smiled ear to ear — that’s when we knew it was something we wanted to keep doing for other families,” Jordan said.

“Leaving the NICU can be joyful but also scary and nerve-wracking, so this was our way of bringing a little normalcy to taking the baby home,” Jordan said.

More info: CaroMont Regional Medical Center | Facebook | YouTube (h/t)

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    The graduations that honor and celebrate the lives of premature babies

    Image credits: Bella Baby Photography

    Once the newborns are about to leave the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)…

    Image credits: CaroMont Health

    They get a personalized graduation cap and a portrait

    Image credits: Bella Baby Photography

    “The program was started as a way to celebrate this milestone in the babies’ lives”

    Image credits: Bella Baby Photography

    A nurse got inspired to do this after spending time with a vulnerable baby who was born just at 29 weeks

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    Image credits: Bella Baby Photography

    “The day he got discharged, we gathered staff and we went in singing and dancing and gave him his cap…”

    ADVERTISEMENT

    Image credits: CaroMont Health

    “And his parents just smiled ear to ear — that’s when we knew it was something we wanted to keep doing”

    Image credits: Bella Baby Photography

    “Leaving the NICU can be joyful but also scary and nerve-wracking…”

    Image credits: Bella Baby Photography

    “So this was our way of bringing a little normalcy to taking the baby home”

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    Image credits: Bella Baby Photography

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    John L
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Congratulations you guys. Now comes the hard part. :D

    Emre
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We shouldn't forget about creative doctors and nurses. Thank you all for such an amazing effort and a wonderful surprise at the end. You all mean so much for those newly moms and dads.

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    John L
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Congratulations you guys. Now comes the hard part. :D

    Emre
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We shouldn't forget about creative doctors and nurses. Thank you all for such an amazing effort and a wonderful surprise at the end. You all mean so much for those newly moms and dads.

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