November 30th, 2004

Our joy at the birth of Nikolas Joseph soon turned to fear when Nikolas developed respiratory distress and had to be rushed to the NIC UNIT. I remember standing over his bed and rubbing his little hand and speaking to him. I remember telling him he needed to get well so he could spend weekends with me just like his older brother Shaun had been doing for three years. Nikolas spent three days in the unit before being taken to the regular Nursery.