No matter its length, whether it’s a NICU stay, PICU stay, or hospitalization, the experience is often accompanied by trauma, and our HIE families want an anchor amidst the storm. In our recent conversation with Dr. Latrice L. Dowtin, Co-Chair of the National Network of NICU Psychologists, founder and clinician at PlayfulLeigh Psyched, and Hope for HIE Medical Advisory Board […]
Some say it’s a grief journey, some say it’s through trauma… the journey with HIE is like no other. It is a multi-layered and complex journey that weaves grief, trauma, adaptation, and other ways to pick apart the experience in the most unexpected, heartbreaking, hopeful, and unimaginable ways. Recently, we were introduced to Nancy B. Miller’s adaptation stages, and so […]
Life can be pretty overwhelming when your precious child receives the diagnosis of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). Your hopes and dreams of motherhood shift, and your life is intensely focused on therapies, doctor appointments and research. You wonder how people are able not only to attend all of these appointments, but also manage to implement the slew of home programs that occupational, physical […]
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