Articles tagged with 'Cook Children's NICU' | Checkup Newsroom

Listen to Episode 54 of the Raising Joy podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts. The podcast is part of the JOY Campaign, which launched in April 2021 as a suicide prevention communication initiative, and aims to reach …

By Jean YaegerTwins AmieLynn and JamieLynn Finley won the hearts of the nurses who fed, diapered and bathed the girls a little differently from other babies in the Cook Children’s NICU.For the first three and a half months of their lives, AmieLynn …

Photos by Sydney Hanes.Santa Claus stopped by to visit our tiniest patients in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to spread Christmas cheer. The babies were dressed in festive outfits to celebrate their first Christmas.

Happy Easter! For the first time since 2019, Cook Children's safely gathered together again to celebrate Easter. Patients in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) dressed up in adorable outfits to celebrate their first Easter.Other patients …

Crystal Schober  blogs for us today, telling us the remarkable story of Graysen, her little boy. She has a lot to celebrate this holiday season as her little boy turns 10 years old.

Volunteer Michele Reynolds loves holding NICU babies. Who wouldn’t?The NICU has many babies who need holding, but they can’t all be held at once. Reynolds never wanted a baby to be left alone with no one to hold them, so she …

November 3, we like to call it Avery Independence Day, was one of the happiest, saddest and scariest days of our lives. It was the day we had looked forward to for so long, yet when it was finally here, I had never been more scared or sad in my …

Three years ago, Amanda Wallgren  went in for her monthly prenatal appointment in Abilene, Texas. Amanda did her normal blood work and was sent home. Thirty minutes later, she received a call from her doctor to return to the hospital in Abilene …

We have followed Avery Wooley's journey since her birth. Today, we are proud to say that Avery is at home with her mom and dad. Thank you for following her story. More blogs from her mom, Kelly, will be coming soon as the Wooleys adjust to life …

These days Avery’s schedule is pretty busy. We often joke that she needs a personal assistant to manage all of her activities. Being a typical girl with the incredible ability to multi-task at a young age, Avery is working on a multitude of …

No really…take it one day at a time. It’s been a long time since my last blog post. Honestly, I just haven’t really had anything new to say. I was hopeful that my next post might talk about how we were starting to bottle feed …