In 2016, my son was born at 22 weeks gestation. He was 11 inches long, and weighed just 600 grams (1.3 pounds). We spent the next 5.5 months in the NICU, with a wonderful team of nurses, technicians, and doctors at his side. Today, he’s an energetic kid, full of health, life, curiosity, and eagerly exploring the world around him. It’s been eight years now, and somehow our NICU experience seems to simultaneously be both an eternity ago, and just yesterday. This is our story.