Happy mid-May! Another  busy week here, with more radio appearances in  Boston, LA and Atlanta. Click below for the discussion with talk show host Chuck Wilder  on topics  including  preemies, IVF , and the March of Dimes. CRN radio interview

Click here to access part 2 of the interview, where John extols the virtues of My Mom Is A Nurse and we answer listener questions about preemies, nursing and the state of health care . kgo-podcast-1b-5-10-09

Yesterday I met with the  Board of Directors of the California branch of the March of Dimes. What an honor to have them request yours truly to partner  as a spokesperson for future events!  Thanks to Dr. Alex Espinoza, MD, prior MOD Board member, for suggesting that since we are all working with the same goals, we should know each other. Here’s a toast to MOD for all they do to help families with premature babies! Please consider signing the petition, on the right, for MOD.

Welcome back, friends, as we revisit a subject I thought we had closed for a season: the seemingly effervescent flu. The Swine Flu, or H1N1, as the epidemiologists call it, should be a concern for any preemie parent, as would be exposure to RSV, Chicken Pox, Measles, you name it. Parents seek to protect their children from any virus or bacteria, and this one is different only because of the media hype, since the flu generally lands within a different time frame. The basic precautions preemie parents practice (preemie parents deal with a lot of p’s) apply to the whole of society at this time,...