The Rollercoaster of Room 4
When we were in St Mary's NICU there were 8 rooms (or I suppose you might call them wards). The first room that Evelyn occupied was Room 4. This was an intensive care ward. I have already described some of our most significant moments during Evelyn's first 2 weeks of life, but there are a couple more moments I would like to share. One particular evening we were by her bedside, as usual, chatting to the nurse looking after her. This evening it was the wonderful Gemma, one of Evelyn's favourite nurses. Quick pause as I am sure you are thinking - how on earth did you know she was one of Evelyn's favourites? I can't really explain... you just knew... This particular evening she had one of her bradycardias, where her heartrate would plummet and she'd forget to breathe. Usually, she'd have a few a day, a bit of prodding and tickling, and she'd breathe again and everything would go back to normal. This particular evening, however, she had continuous 'bra...