Day 11 - 05.30.2012

Unfortunately we don't have any pictures to share from this day. This picture was taken outside the entrance to the NICU over 4 months later. We returned from Utah to finish my last semester at school. Janel and Johnny were visiting the island and we took the opportunity to show them where Holden had spent most of his life. We also had boy bassinet covers to deliver that Grandma Jeppson had made (when Holden was there there was only one boy pattern available).

We spent a lot of time pacing this hallway as family and friends came to visit Holden. Due to space constraints only two guests at a time were allowed to visit a patient. Special consideration was made when priesthood blessings were being administered. It was through those windows that a lucid rainbow awaited us to give renewed sense of comfort after a third blessing was given. It was in this hallway that we would update family, both in person and over the phone to those on the mainland, on Holden's condition. We would come out here to eat food brought to us by caring family members and friends. It was here that I called to withdraw from the CFA exam taking place that weekend and from the Goldman Sachs internship our family was supposed to leave for a few days thereafter. It was in this spot that a fellow parent of a patient said a heartfelt prayer for us and Holden. It was through this hallway that we were held up by angels as we returned to the NICU after Holden's surgeries. It's difficult to adequately express, but a piece of our hearts was left behind in this hallway. The most poignant memories of our life took place within the walls of this hospital.