We Were the Parents of the Sickest Baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Part one of a three-part saga about our youngest son.

Photo by Hush Naidoo Jade Photography on Unsplash

My phone rang in my pocket. The vibration startled me because I was walking the bus line of the elementary school where I was the principal.

The day was June 7th, 2011. It was unbearably hot and humid, and I was ready for…