We're headed over to Seattle tomorrow for Maddie's appointments and we'll be making a special delivery to the ICU as well! I am so excited to bring over our "project"...between my mother-in-law Nancy, her friend JoAnn, my mom and I, we made 18 receiving blankets with matching burp cloths for the babies in the Cardiac ICU! Thanks Nancy, JoAnn and Mom for helping with this fun project!!! During Maddie's first surgery, I loved when the nurses changed her bed, especially when they used a cute blanket to spruce up that baby warmer! It helped "distract" the eyes from all of the wires and tubes! It really made the place feel a little more like home and it also helped make my puffy baby look much cuter lying there:) So to show our gratitude and thanks to the EXCELLENT nurses and staff at Children's CICU, we thought they could use some more! I remember them saying that they go through tons of blankets since they give them away to moms as well, and they rarely have cute ones for the beds. We made some really fun ones for them to use! Hopefully this will make another mom's day while her little one is in the ICU after heart surgery. Since you just have to sit, wait and feel helpless by their little beds, a nice looking one makes everything a little brighter. It's funny how when your world is turned upside down, little things, like a cute blanket, can make a difference!
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The blankets are beautiful! What a great idea! We hope one shows up in our room next week! We'll be thinking about Maddie tommorrow, and praying the study goes well!
Made me cry again! You guys are just so wonderful! Good luck at the appointment.
Kelly
Katie,
What a great thing you have all done. The blankets are adorable and fun. They will be so fun to give at your appt. and to know they will bring warmth to another family is worth so much. I love the picture you used of Maddie. She is so darn cute and definitely a stylin little girl (just like her mommy). So glad all is well. I hope to meet Maddie someday soon.. Take care and enjoy the last days of summer.
Randee
What a special way to give back Katie. You are so thoughtful and these gifts will definitely be much appreciated. The picture you used of Maddie is adorable and will put a smile on everyone's face who comes across it. Hope all went well today at Children's. Michelle
You are too funny. I was just thinking about doing a project like that myself and was thinking too that some of the pictures that I have of Lindsay in the PICU could have looked better with her lying on a cute recieving blanket! What a generous effort by everybody and I will place my bet now that you will bring tears to some parents eyes when they recieve your thoughtful gift. I loved it too when Lindsay got a special something delivered. Have a great time doing that and create specials memories for those extra special heart families. Kisses to Maddie!
Love, Suzie
Katie,
What a great day! I'll always remember the "motor boat".....what a precious baby girl...Love you both ........Mama
Such a cute basket, what a nice thing to do. Maddie is looking so great.
Hi there-
You should have stopped me at the ICU... of course you didn't know who I was, but I would have loved to chat with you!!!
Yes, we are still here waiting--- and waiting-- and waiting! Mia is holding strong, but we encounter new obstacles every day.
How wonderful that you made these blankets! I will be sure to request a Maddie blanket when we go back over to CICU after her transplant. We are on the bridge- so I don't know if they would give one up until we were back around the corner ;-)
It is so nice to meet other heart mommies-
Oh, and Maddie is DARLING! There must be a correlation between cutest babies ever and heart problems!!
Katie it is so good to read you blog and see that Maddie is doing so well. Your blankets look so cute I am sure that they are very much appreciated
Aunt Janet
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