I had come into the Nicu yesterday at UCSF and my phone rang. It was the doctor in the Nicu. Funny enough I was standing right in front of her when she called. She said "Angelique?"and I said "yes", and I said I am standing right in front of you. She said "what"? I said, "I am standing right here", she looked up to see me on my phone and laughed. She said I have good news for you. Good news, I love good news..I couldn't even begin to imagine what she was about to say. "Emanuel decided to pay for the cost of the transport for Ari in full". I was in shock but immediately cried with joy that we were finally going home. My insurance had denied the cost of the transfer so I was not counting on this. I have included some very heartwarming photos of my last two days at UCSF. It was bittersweet to leave all these wonderful nicu nurses to not know what is ahead. I felt that Ari was in good hands and just hope that he will be getting the best care at Emanuel as well. Ari was transferred after spending 54 days at UCSF. A team of 6 showed up to take Ari to Portland. Two respitory therapists and 2 nurses were included. It felt like a scene from a movie..they showed up in slick uniforms and it was intense. I have also included what the transport isolette looked like.
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