Preemie babies snuggle with first Christmas stockings made by nurses

Each "My First Christmas" stocking is designed around holiday songs.

Preemie babies snuggle with first Christmas stockings made by nurses
HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center
December 23, 2020, 4:00 AM

All is calm and bright inside the neonatal intensive care unit at one South Carolina hospital as its tiny residents prepare for Christmas.

For the preemies and their families who are spending the holidays in the NICU, staff of the HCA Healthcare's Summerville Medical Center are going above and beyond to make this season as special as possible.

PHOTO: More than 120 nurses of the women’s services and maternal fetal medicine clinic team are decorating stockings that will be given to the NICU babies of HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina.
More than 120 nurses of the women’s services and maternal fetal medicine clinic team are decorating stockings that will be given to the NICU babies of HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina. The stockings are themed around Christmas songs.
HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center
PHOTO: More than 120 nurses of the women’s services and maternal fetal medicine clinic team are decorating stockings that will be given to the NICU babies of HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina.
More than 120 nurses of the women’s services and maternal fetal medicine clinic team are decorating stockings that will be given to the NICU babies of HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina. The stockings are themed around Christmas songs.
HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center
PHOTO: According to HCA Healthcare, approximately 224,000 babies are born at its facilities each year. The nurses of HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, have created personalized Christmas stockings for preemies.
According to HCA Healthcare, approximately 224,000 babies are born at its facilities each year. The nurses of HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, have created personalized Christmas stockings for preemies.
HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center
PHOTO: More than 120 nurses of the women’s services and maternal fetal medicine clinic team are decorating stockings that will be given to the NICU babies of HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina.
More than 120 nurses of the women’s services and maternal fetal medicine clinic team are decorating stockings that will be given to the NICU babies of HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina.
HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center

More than 120 nurses of the women’s services and maternal fetal medicine clinic team have decorated stockings that will be given to the babies.

PHOTO: For the preemies and their families who are spending the holidays in the NICU, staff of the HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, are going above and beyond to make this season as special as possible.
For the preemies and their families who are spending the holidays in the NICU, staff of the HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, are going above and beyond to make this season as special as possible. More than 120 nurses of the women’s services and maternal fetal medicine clinic team are decorating stockings that will be given to the NICU babies.
HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center
PHOTO: For the preemies and their families who are spending the holidays in the NICU, staff of the HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, are going above and beyond to make this season as special as possible.
For the preemies and their families who are spending the holidays in the NICU, staff of the HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, are going above and beyond to make this season as special as possible.
HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center
PHOTO: According to HCA Healthcare, approximately 224,000 babies are born at its facilities each year. The nurses of HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, have created personalized Christmas stockings for preemies.
According to HCA Healthcare, approximately 224,000 babies are born at its facilities each year. The nurses of HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, have created personalized Christmas stockings for preemies.
HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center
PHOTO: According to HCA Healthcare, approximately 224,000 babies are born at its facilities each year. The nurses of HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, have created personalized Christmas stockings for preemies.
According to HCA Healthcare, approximately 224,000 babies are born at its facilities each year. The nurses of HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, have created personalized Christmas stockings for preemies.
HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center

According to HCA Healthcare, approximately 224,000 babies are born at its facilities each year.

PHOTO: The nurses of HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, have created personalized Christmas stockings for preemies.
The nurses of HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, have created personalized Christmas stockings for preemies.
HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center
PHOTO: The nurses of HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, have created personalized Christmas stockings for preemies.
The nurses of HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, have created personalized Christmas stockings for preemies.
HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center
PHOTO: The nurses of HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, have created personalized Christmas stockings for preemies.
Each "My First Christmas" stocking will be designed around Christmas songs like "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" and "Feliz Navidad." The nurses of HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, will create personalized tags along with a message on each stocking.
HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center
PHOTO: More than 120 nurses of the women’s services and maternal fetal medicine clinic team are decorating stockings that will be given to the NICU babies of HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina.
More than 120 nurses of the women’s services and maternal fetal medicine clinic team are decorating stockings that will be given to the NICU babies of HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina. According to HCA Healthcare, approximately 224,000 babies are born at its facilities each year.
HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center

Each "My First Christmas" stocking is designed around Christmas songs like "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" and "Feliz Navidad." The nurses also created personalized tags with a message on each stocking.

PHOTO: For the preemies and their families who are spending the holidays in the NICU, staff of the HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, are going above and beyond to make this season as special as possible.
For the preemies and their families who are spending the holidays in the NICU, staff of the HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, are going above and beyond to make this season as special as possible.
HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center
PHOTO: More than 120 nurses of the women’s services and maternal fetal medicine clinic team are decorating stockings that will be given to the NICU babies of HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina.
More than 120 nurses of the women’s services and maternal fetal medicine clinic team are decorating stockings that will be given to the NICU babies of HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina.
HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center
PHOTO: For the preemies and their families who are spending the holidays in the NICU, staff of the HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, are going above and beyond to make this season as special as possible.
For the preemies and their families who are spending the holidays in the NICU, staff of the HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, are going above and beyond to make this season as special as possible. Each "My First Christmas" stocking will be designed around Christmas songs.
HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center
PHOTO: For the preemies and their families who are spending the holidays in the NICU, staff of the HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, are going above and beyond to make this season as special as possible.
For the preemies and their families who are spending the holidays in the NICU, staff of the HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, are going above and beyond to make this season as special as possible. Each "My First Christmas" stocking will be designed around a Christmas song.
HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center

HCA Healthcare snapped adorable photos of the infants with each scene matching the theme of a particular Christmas carol.

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