My medical romance, Babies in the Bargain, will be released on 7/3/09 by TWRP.
The story behind Babies in the Bargain, started on a Christmas Day, when my daughter was still a first-year neonatology fellow, working long hours in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. She was on-call on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day—as she’d been for the previous three years.
To celebrate the holiday season, my husband and son helped me carry the elaborate home-cooked meal to the hospital cafeteria, and we shared a Christmas lunch with the guest of honor, our daughter, wearing green scrubs.
Later, she invited us to visit her workplace. We slipped yellow gowns over our clothes, scrubbed, and entered the NICU. The five preemies wore tiny outfits with Christmas prints that a nurse had sewn for the babies in residence over the holiday.
My daughter asked me if I would like to hold a preemie. I sat in the rocking chair and she put a tiny bundle in my arms, while explaining that several women volunteered to rock the NICU babies when the parents couldn't do it. That was a volunteering work I loved to do.
The NICU personnel, including my daughter, gave a hundred-and-one percent to the babies they helped save and did it happily. Their dedication went beyond the performance of a job well done and inspired me to write a story featuring the wonderful doctors and nurses who treat our loved ones.
Wishing you a happy time as you read the story of Dr. Holly Collier, a dedicated neonatologist who spends many hours in the hospital NICU, and falls in love with Marc Suarez, the dashing Puerto Rican doctor who shares her journey.
The story behind Babies in the Bargain, started on a Christmas Day, when my daughter was still a first-year neonatology fellow, working long hours in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. She was on-call on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day—as she’d been for the previous three years.
To celebrate the holiday season, my husband and son helped me carry the elaborate home-cooked meal to the hospital cafeteria, and we shared a Christmas lunch with the guest of honor, our daughter, wearing green scrubs.
Later, she invited us to visit her workplace. We slipped yellow gowns over our clothes, scrubbed, and entered the NICU. The five preemies wore tiny outfits with Christmas prints that a nurse had sewn for the babies in residence over the holiday.
My daughter asked me if I would like to hold a preemie. I sat in the rocking chair and she put a tiny bundle in my arms, while explaining that several women volunteered to rock the NICU babies when the parents couldn't do it. That was a volunteering work I loved to do.
The NICU personnel, including my daughter, gave a hundred-and-one percent to the babies they helped save and did it happily. Their dedication went beyond the performance of a job well done and inspired me to write a story featuring the wonderful doctors and nurses who treat our loved ones.
Wishing you a happy time as you read the story of Dr. Holly Collier, a dedicated neonatologist who spends many hours in the hospital NICU, and falls in love with Marc Suarez, the dashing Puerto Rican doctor who shares her journey.
Have you had a preemie staying in the NICU? What was your impression of the care given to your baby? Have you ever thought about the residents who spend days and nights, weekends and holidays to help save your children?
Posted by Mona Risk.
