When the NICU Calls You Back Some time after Lola and I were finally discharged from the NICU, I got a call that left me in tears. Not the kind of tears that come from fear or exhaustion—but tears of gratitude. They wanted to know: would I serve as a parent advocate on the board planning the build-out of a brand-new, state-of-the-art NICU? Umm… yes. A thousand times yes! For context: the old NICU was one large, dimly lit room divided by flimsy curtains. Privacy didn’t exist—y