Mateo’s Story

By uclahealth • June 30, 2015

My son was born at 28 weeks. We had a very hard time. Thank goodness he was strong enough to make it through. When you’re in the NICU, it’s a rollercoaster of emotions and problems. Every day there is a different problem to solve. Sometimes you forget that you are forming a new family. The staff here makes sure that you get to enjoy the little things. Watch your baby for the first time, giving him a bath, all the things that you should enjoy when you have a baby. They make sure you get that when you’re in the hospital. We are super grateful of all the team here and what they did for us. Mateo is almost four. He’s a great kid. A little bit spoiled. We enjoy him very much.