Day 46 · 2 Aprilecstatic
You’re coming home.
“46 days. Walked out the front door of the NICU carrying you. I keep checking you’re still breathing. But you are. You’re here.”
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CPAP, desat, NEC, brady. Tap any medical word and find it in plain English — written for parents, by parents.
“We’re keeping him on CPAP with a PEEP of five, and he had a few bradys overnight.”
CPAP· breathing
A machine that gently blows air through small nose prongs to keep your baby’s lungs open. They’re still breathing on their own — it’s not a ventilator.
Together, even apart
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Morgan
Night shift · 3:12 am
He took his full feed from the bottle. First time.
Reading at home · 6:04 am
“That’s the best thing I’ve read in two weeks. I’ll be there by nine. Get some sleep.”
Hold onto it
One day, this is the story.
The small wins, the long nights, the first cuddle. It all gathers here — the pages of how your family got through.
Why corrected age matters
The age that actually tells you
how they’re doing.
Today, Oliver is
2 mo 1 wcorrected
Born at 28 weeks, Oliver is 8 weeks old by the calendar but only 2 weeks past his due date. His milestones — smiles, tracking, tummy time — follow the second number, not the first. Small Hours tracks both, so you always know what’s fair to expect.
The glossary
52 words the doctors use.
All of them, explained.
Written in plain English by NICU parents, for NICU parents. Tap any word in your care notes to see what it actually means.
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Necrotising Enterocolitis
Intraventricular Hemorrhage
Retinopathy of Prematurity
Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Bradycardia
Desaturation
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
… and 44 more.
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