From my sister and brother in law and my sweet niece.....please do what you can to help her legacy live on.
Ella Rose Clark was born on September 26, 2011. Although I had a normal pregnancy, our sweet baby girl was born very sick. Immediately after her birth, she was taken away by ambulance to Doernbecher NICU. Our family spent the next 33 days there trying to figure out what was making her so sick, and doing everything we could to make her better, but nothing could help her. We lost our angel on Octobe...r 29, 2011, but she passed surrounded by her family and friends, in the loving embrace of her mommy and daddy.
Ella was sweet, she loved to snuggle, and she was absolutely BEAUTIFUL! She was the baby in the NICU that all the nurses fought over to take care of, the baby that even when the doctors had the day off would call in to check in on her. Ella is the baby that makes parents want to have 10 more just like her.
Having a baby in the NICU is one of the most stressful experience parents have to endure. Your baby you waited over 9 months to meet is taken away from you and her health and care is left in the hands of strangers. The little things, such as taking their temp, giving them baths, changing their diapers and putting them in those cute outfits, really become the moments you treasure while in the NICU...the things that other mommies and daddies are able to do without a second thought.
In honor of Ella's first birthday, Zach and I are putting together a donation drive for those babies, mommies and daddies, just like us, in the Doernbecher NICU. We know there are a lot of you with new babies, so we ask that you please donate a couple of their onsies, hats or blankets in honor of our angel Ella.
We will be collecting items at our house and will make one big donation of September 26th.
What to donate:
Onsies (sizes premie and newborn)
Blankets
Socks
Hats
Books
*The NICU does NOT allow anything fleece or terry cloth because they can carry bacteria.
Where to send items:
11299 SW Capitol Hwy. Unit 1
Portland, OR. 97219
Thank you for helping our daughter's legacy live on and never be forgotten. - Stephanie, Zach & Ella.
Ella was sweet, she loved to snuggle, and she was absolutely BEAUTIFUL! She was the baby in the NICU that all the nurses fought over to take care of, the baby that even when the doctors had the day off would call in to check in on her. Ella is the baby that makes parents want to have 10 more just like her.
Having a baby in the NICU is one of the most stressful experience parents have to endure. Your baby you waited over 9 months to meet is taken away from you and her health and care is left in the hands of strangers. The little things, such as taking their temp, giving them baths, changing their diapers and putting them in those cute outfits, really become the moments you treasure while in the NICU...the things that other mommies and daddies are able to do without a second thought.
In honor of Ella's first birthday, Zach and I are putting together a donation drive for those babies, mommies and daddies, just like us, in the Doernbecher NICU. We know there are a lot of you with new babies, so we ask that you please donate a couple of their onsies, hats or blankets in honor of our angel Ella.
We will be collecting items at our house and will make one big donation of September 26th.
What to donate:
Onsies (sizes premie and newborn)
Blankets
Socks
Hats
Books
*The NICU does NOT allow anything fleece or terry cloth because they can carry bacteria.
Where to send items:
11299 SW Capitol Hwy. Unit 1
Portland, OR. 97219
Thank you for helping our daughter's legacy live on and never be forgotten. - Stephanie, Zach & Ella.
