One who Came So Young and Early
Philip, R.K.
Irish Medical Journal 111(4): 744
2018
ISSN/ISBN: 0332-3102 PMID: 30632357 Document Number: 696610
A poem composed as a reflection of emotions of the parents of an extremely premature baby boy born at 23 weeks of gestation. Sadly we could not sustain his precious life beyond the second day. Staff in the neonatal intensive care units (NICU) offer support to such parents during their difficult times and this poem is a tribute to the caring neonatal clinical professionals and the parents who strive to cope when babies are born at the margins of viability.