“It’s truly a privilege to be part of those moments,” Lianne Fagnant, the director of Women’s and Children’s Services, said in a statement shared with PEOPLE
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- Mission Hospital’s NICU celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with preemies dressed in festive outfits to bring joy to families
- The outfits, including tiny hats and onesies, were donated by Preemies of the Carolinas
- The hospital emphasized the importance of compassion and expertise in creating meaningful moments for NICU families
One hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is bringing luck and joy to its tiniest patients and their families.
On Tuesday, March 17, HCA Healthcare’s Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with shamrocks, snuggles and their littliest patients. In a post on the hospital’s Facebook, they showed off the preemies and their adorable outfits, adding a “touch of green and a whole lot of joy” to families during their extended NICU stay.
“Today in the Mission Hospital NICU, our tiniest little lucky charms are celebrating their very first St. Patrick’s Day dressed in adorable festive outfits and bringing smiles to everyone around them,” the post read. “Each tiny hat, onesie and shamrock is a reminder of just how strong, resilient and truly lucky these little ones are.”
The adorable outfits, which included tiny hats, custom onesies and shamrocks, were given to the hospital from Preemies of the Carolinas. The Mission Children’s WNC Family Support Network and NICU teams also stepped in to bring the “shamrockin’ sweet moments” to life…