I had a strange dream about the NICU the other night.
I don't remember a lot about it, but I do remember that as a safety precaution, they had implemented an odd way of entering the NICU. You sat on the end of a long bungee cord, and then let go. You shot past multiple floors, again and again, eventually settling at the entrance to the NICU. I remember feeling terror as I flung through what felt like a tiny hole between the floors. I remember wondering how you would evacuate all the tiny babies in a system that required you holding on to a bungee for dear life.
Reflecting on it now, the dream was much less about how to get in and out of the NICU, but how if feels when you are living in it. Great extremes. Highs and lows. Bouncing from one end of the spectrum to the others.
Even 7 years later, my subconscious is still processing the experience.
(It may have something to do with the NICU picnic we just went to last weekend) =)
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I'd say that's a pretty accurate description of what it feels like to be in the NICU... Free falling with just a tiny line tethering you to reality, that can snap and break at any moment. Apparently your subconscious does a great job of processing for you!
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