Dear editor, “You’re not going home without your baby,” The doctor told us with confidence my wife and I would be going home with what he called a 7-lb baby.
We had just checked in on a Monday at Christus St. Vincent in Santa Fe. My wife’s water had broke and the medical team was assisting us in getting us settled into a labor and delivery room on the third floor.
But the week-long journey to going home with our son was tumultuous, stressful, yet rewarding in the end.
A healing hand
Remember the “Nurses Heal” 15-second and 30second spots that were airing on television during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic? The message and meaning of those commercials couldn’t be further from the truth.
Our son’s delivery required some extra medical attention and care from the staff at the hospital. Spending a few days in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit), we saw on a day-to-day basis the love, care, and the passion the medical team had on our son and us.
There are too many people’s names to recall to thank, but there are a few we jotted down and wanted to personally say thanks to.
To Jackie, a nurse in the Labor and Delivery wing, you were super patient with our newborn and my wife as she recovered, and even helped us on her break times. I’m forever grateful for your care and patience you showed my wife.
To Debra Sue, a chaplain at the hospital, we appreciate you praying with us and for us, and helping us channel our faith when we needed it the most.
To Amy and Patricia, a speech therapist and lactation consultant respectively, thank you for your patience and helping us navigate the first week of getting our son nourished.
To Petra, a night nurse in the NICU, thank you for your willingness to help us navigate the waters of newfound parenthood and helping us in learning how to feed our son.
To Denise, the nightside nurse’s assistant in the NICU, our family appreciated your help with all our rookie questions, and the comforting of the stories we shared.
To Sabrina, the head nurse in pediatrics, we truly appreciate you coming by to check in on us and to see how our son’s progress was coming along.
For everyone else, we are eternally grateful for your compassion, patience and kindness you showed us.
Sincerely, An appreciative new mom and dad Dominic Aragon
Banning Assault Weapons
The President, Left Wing Democrat’s, and the Liberal Media want to ban assault weapons again. Many of these events were committed with a pistol, and the people that committed the crime should never have had them in the first place. Recent Red Flag Laws That Could Have Prevented Shootings Bing News, Guns used in mass shootings U.S. 2022 | Statista “Handguns are the most common weapon type used in mass shootings in the United States, with a total of 151 different handguns being used in 103 incidents between 1982 and November 2022. These figures are calculated from a total of 137 reported cases over this period, meaning handguns are involved in about 75 percent of mass shootings.” 69 mass shootings have been stopped by armed civilians – One Armed Man (one-armed-man.com) “At least 69 mass shootings have been stopped by armed civilians since 1990, data collected by the Crime Prevention Research Center shows. This flies in the face of the media (examples here, here, and here) arguing mass shootings are caused by lack of gun control. The truth is, armed civilians stop mass shootings regularly, and one major way to dampen the amount of mass shootings is to allow people to carry guns wherever they go.” The government rich elite cannot even protect Nancy Pelosi’s husband in his home in California with has strict gun laws from a guy with a hammer because they are too busy in Washington prosecuting people who participated on January 6th. Maybe we should outlaw hammers, or at least carrying them. Taking away gun rights to make us all safe while they get free taxpayer armed protection is wrong. We keep telling them guns aren’t the problem, criminals that commit violent crimes let out on no bail right away so they can do it again, failure of different public safety agencies, courts, prosecutors, and mental health experts to do their jobs and put people on the ATF no buy background check list are the real problem. They will not even prosecutor Hunter Biden for lying on an ATF from to buy a gun. Two sets of rules for government officials and its citizens are the wrong direction for any country.
Signed, Mr. Harry L. Hall USAF Veteran Retired Police/Sheriff Lt.