March for Babies - Year 5

Dear family and friends,

For the fifth time this year we will be participating on the March of Dimes March for Babies Walk, this coming Saturday, April 28th.

On November 1, 2004 and almost three months before he was due, our little boy Nicolas was born - he spent a total of 81 days in intensive care. We spent our days visiting Nico at the hospital – the first month trekking north to Boston where he was born. He suffered from a variety of complications due to his prematurity, and throughout it all we put on brave faces each day, and prayed feverishly each night that he would come home to us healthy, and happy, and whole. We felt so lucky the day he finally came home, January 21, 2005.

We created this blog when he was born to chronicle our story online and share with family and friends. There were/are many others. Prematurity is a big problem in the U.S. and the March of Dimes is one small way for us to help.

We will keep walking and I hope you all will consider supporting us – for every little bit helps, $1 or $5 per family is all we ask - every $ counts for this great cause... your gift would support March of Dimes research and programs that help moms have full-term pregnancies and babies begin healthy lives. And it will be used to bring comfort and information to families with a baby in newborn intensive care which was our case 7 years ago.

Visit our page at http://www.marchforbabies.org/marthaeh – it’s easy and quick!

Thank you :)

Eric, Martha, Nico and Chloe Meier