Kelly, Louis and Gary Parrish He wasn’t supposed to survive. Nearly as soon as Kelly Parrish discovered she was pregnant she faced the near certainty she wouldn’t bring her baby home. The pregnancy was a shock. Kelly – the mother of two boys – had recently suffered a miscarriage at 24 weeks [...]
Halloween is a fun time for children to dress as their favorite characters and trick-or-treat for yummy goodies. The babies at the Sheldon B. Korones Newborn Center are having their own Halloween celebration, although they don’t need capes to prove their superhero powers. These babies have all the powers already. But the Neonatal Intensive [...]
Faith Ruch loves nursing. She enjoys working with her hands, specifically with patients. She treasures the opportunity to witness the miracle of life as a Labor and Delivery nurse at Regional One Health. But nursing is only part of her life. Ruch has a side hustle as a professional musician. Her latest album, “Lessons [...]
Attend our Nursing Social View Open Positions Meet our A-Team Nurses Christine Maxwell uses one word to describe the care provided in Regional One Health’s Sheldon B. Korones Newborn Center: miracle. Since opening in 1968, more than 45,000 premature babies have been treated successfully, and [...]
The Babies Thank You! When you give to Regional One Health Foundation, you help our Centers of Excellence remain on the cutting edge of medical care. For example, in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), the following innovations and conveniences would not be possible without your financial support. Giraffe Beds Two Giraffe beds were [...]
Philanthropic Dollars Help Ease the Transition Home “WE ARE USING THIS ROOM FOR MOMS WHO MIGHT NEED A LITTLE EXTRA TEACHING TIME OR TO PREPARE FOR BABIES GOING HOME ON A HOME APNEA MONITOR,” SAID KELLEY SMITH, NICU NURSE MANAGER. “OR SOMETIMES WE USE THE ROOM FOR A BABY WHO HAS BEEN IN THE [...]
“WHEN I REFLECT ON HOW THE DOCTORS AT THE SHELDON B. KORONES NEWBORN CENTER AT REGIONAL ONE HEALTH SAVED MY BOYS’ LIVES, I AM NEARLY SPEECHLESS. THERE ARE NO WORDS TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE. EVERYTHING I COULD SAY SOUNDS SO SMALL COMPARED TO WHAT THEY’VE DONE FOR MY WIFE, MY BOYS AND ME.” ASHTON [...]
Advancements made in the Sheldon B. Korones Newborn Center contributed to a decrease in the number of very low birth weight babies, along with improved outcomes. The percent of babies with lung disease declined by 56 percent from 2006 to 2013. Regional One Health ranks among the top quartile of 1,500 NICUs worldwide. The percent [...]
Even Minutes Matter It’s important for the NICU to collaborate with the High-Risk Obstetrics program to determine the right moment to deliver the baby. “We know that the interval between 25 and 28 weeks is crucially important for these small babies,” Dr. Mari says. “For each week that we can keep the baby in [...]
Where no expectant mother wants to find out that there are high-risk complications with her pregnancy, over 1,300 premature or critically ill newborns are treated every year at Regional One Health, some entering the world weighing less than one pound. When Jennifer and Ashton Hall first learned they were expecting rare identical triplets, they [...]