September is NICU Awareness Month:
Expert care for fragile newborns and their families

Imagine your baby or grandchild born three months premature and weighing less than four pounds.

Or entering the world not with a welcoming cry, but nearly lifeless, with the umbilical cord wrapped around your little one’s neck, arms and legs.

Envision spending more than two months on bed rest at the hospital because of problems with your pregnancy. When the experts who are carefully monitoring you and your baby determine a Cesarean section is necessary, you’re whisked to the operating room. Your infant arrives eight weeks early and needs special medical care. Fortunately, that care is available just down the hall.

In real-life cases such as these, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center provides tiny infants and their parents with expert, compassionate care and a peaceful, healing environment. Your support makes this possible. Make your tax-deductible donation today!