Our families “worst” nightmare happened two years ago. Our son, Palmer was born on June 7th, 2022 at 27 weeks and four days, weighing 2 pounds and 7 ounces. Our “worst” nightmare became our biggest blessing over the next 63 days. We walked into Oishei on June 7th 2022 to strangers and walked out on August 8th 2022 with a new second family. Palmer will be celebrating his 2nd birthday strictly because of the incredible staff and care team. We are just one of the statistics listed below, but we are all one. Please consider donating to Palmer and our families real life angels that made it happen to celebrate Palmer’s big 2 birthday!

The day you deliver your baby is a day you'll never forget. Oishei Children's Hospital specializes in making childbirth a special experience for all women by offering services throughout the entire birth journey – from preconception to antepartum care, including services for high-risk mothers. With the region’s largest and most advanced neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), OCH is one of the safest and best places FOR moms and their babies receiving care.

OCH NICU by the numbers:

• 18 days – the average length of NICU stay in 2022

• 198 NICU babies brought to OCH

• 868 NICU stays in 2022

• 3,687 babies born at OCH in 2022