Day 97 - Today, it stings

10/22/17 Day 97 of Life

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Leaving a baby in the NICU stings, but taking one twin home while leaving the other behind will break your heart.

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It wasn’t until the moment that we walked out of the NICU with Lochlan and without his twin, Lex, that I knew just how much comfort I had had from knowing my twins were never alone, they had always had each other.

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Although I was sp excited to bring home Lochlan, I was equally sad that Lex was now alone. I got in my last snuggles before we had to leave the NICU. As I held them, I got to watch something amazing. I watched Lochlan reach out to his brother with his left hand as if he was saying, “come on buddy, its time to go home.” The amazing part is not the twin conversation though, it is the fact that Lochlan was using his left hand. The neurologist had told us that We had been told his left arm was likely disabled.

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