The tiniest trick-or-treaters in North Texas are spending Halloween in the NICU, and this year some of them are mermaids and miniature firefighters. Texas Health held a Halloween celebration for babies in its neonatal intensive care units, with care teams helping the newborns get into costume.
The effort, reported by WFAA, gives families a chance to celebrate the holiday during a hospital stay. The station describes the costumes as a moment of joy amid the demands of a NICU stay, and as a reflection of the compassion and creativity of the teams caring for newborns and supporting their families.
Hospitals Across Dallas-Fort Worth Joined In
Participating hospitals include Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance and Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth. Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford, Texas Health Hospital Rockwall and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas also took part, as did the Presbyterian hospitals in Denton and Plano.
A separate photo gallery from CBS News Texas captioned one image “All smiles at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital.” Its pictures also include babies from the Hurst-Euless-Bedford and Presbyterian Dallas hospitals, along with one dressed as Captain America at the Fort Worth campus, captioned “Captain America here to save the day with cuteness!”
Keepsake Photos for Parents
The point of the costumes is partly about the camera. A WFAA photo gallery says nurses at several hospitals within the Texas Health Resources network created unique costumes, intended “to provide parents keepsake photos of their newborns’ first Halloweens.”…