Cherishing Baby's Health

I've got a friend whose newborn had to undergo heart surgery a few days ago. It broke my heart to hear about the need for surgery, down to the little details like how the nurses had so much trouble finding her little veins for an IV before the surgery.

I sent good thoughts to their family and also reflected inwardly, thinking about and appreciating the fact that Kailyn is in relatively good health (knock on wood.) She had a minor rash on her face recently and we were upset about that, so I can't even begin to imagine how helpless and worried that other baby's parents must feel.

Before we had our baby I asked another friend once to describe the emotional feeling of being a parent, and she told me it was like having your heart beating on the outside of your body- where it is incredibly vulnerable and susceptible to harm. I think that is an apt description, especially after hearing stories like the one above.