More than 400 people attended Henry Mayo’s 3rd Annual Reunion of the Kim and Steven Ullman Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The event, held on June 6 at Richard Rioux Park in Stevenson Ranch, provided NICU graduates, families, and hospital staff an opportunity to relax and enjoy the day.
The purpose of the reunion is to celebrate all of the babies who have been in our NICU and are now home with their families.
It’s a time for our NICU families and staff to get together and see how much our little NICU graduates have grown and prospered since they left. Each year the reunion coordinators choose a theme to represent our tiny little patients. This year our theme was “Little Superheroes.”
Special guest and parents spoke of their outstanding experience at the NICU where they and their babies were treated with compassion and professionalism. They also spoke of the importance of keeping their babies close to home in the SCV’s only NICU, and one that is recognized as one of the best in Southern California. With private rooms, top-notch neonatal staff, physicians and the latest technology, NICU babies at Henry Mayo receive the best, world-class health care.
Since Henry Mayo’s NICU opened in June 2012, more than 400 families have been cared for by our staff. The 4,369-foot, state-of-the-art NICU has the capacity and technology to treat the community’s tiniest patients. The 11-bed NICU is staffed by a specialized, multidisciplinary team of health care professionals including neonatologist physicians, neonatal nurses, respiratory care specialists, nutritionists, social workers, pharmacists, physical and occupational therapists.
Additional special features in the NICU include private family-centered rooms with monitors allowing for constant observation and observation from the nursing station, and the capacity to allow family members to visit anytime; special lighting and noise level controls; an isolation room, with negative pressure capabilities, and a semi-private room which can be used for twins or for the monitoring of a critically ill newborn.
Entertainment, activities and refreshments were provided for the attendees by Henry Mayo and special event sponsors.
Thank you to the following donors and sponsors for supporting this event: Valencia Pediatrics; Dr. Khaled Tawansy; Catherine and Richard Espinoza; Neotech Products; Dr. Navid Navizadeh; Kentec Inc.; Santa Clarita Pediatrics; Nothing Bundt Cakes; Babies “R” Us; Buy Buy Baby; Six Flags Magic Mountain; LA County Fire Department; LA County Sheriff’s Department; Gymboree; Rock the Spectrum; Pediatric Therapy; The Rattanchai Family; Via Promotionals; Barnes and Noble; and ABC Mouse.
For more information, please visit www.henrymayo.com.
“They also spoke of the importance of keeping their babies close to home in the SCV’s only NICU, and one that is recognized as one of the best in Southern California.”
