{"id":278958,"date":"2022-10-31T16:37:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T21:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=278958"},"modified":"2022-10-31T15:40:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T20:40:34","slug":"nicu-babies-halloween-preemies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/nicu-babies-halloween-preemies\/","title":{"rendered":"NICU babies celebrate Halloween in adorable costumes across the country"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Having a preemie is a stressful and emotional time for the families. Most preemies<\/a> have to spend time in the neonatal intensive care united (NICU) as they get stronger, while their parents pray that their babies will survive. But NICU workers across the country do all they can to make sure the stress and fear of spending their first months together in a hospital is a little bit easier, especially during the holidays. And hospitals across the country got into the Halloween spirit this year with adorable costumes for their tiniest patients.<\/p>\n

Woman’s Hospital – Baton Rouge, Louisiana<\/h3>\n

NICU babies at Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge were “fa-BOO-lous” in their costumes, shared on the hospital Facebook<\/a> page. “Woman’s littlest pumpkins and their families had help from our NICU staff to celebrate their first Halloween during our annual NICU Halloween Costume celebration,” staff wrote, with sweet little lions, superheroes, pumpkins, and more!<\/p>\n