Hundreds of Utah Preemies To Reunite on Saturday at 15th Annual Intermountain Medical Center NICU Reunion

The reunion will be this Saturday (Sept. 12) from 4 to 7 p.m. at Murray City Park, Pavilion 5.

This year, Intermountain Medical Center’s NICU parent support group, Common Bonds, has partnered with the March of Dimes – Utah Chapter to host “Preemies Under the Big Top” – a circus themed reunion that will include carnival games, a magician, clown, face painters, a photo booth, food and more.

Additionally, there will be a nurse’s booth where NICU nurses from Intermountain Medical Center will show the graduates how small many of them were when they were born and how they were fed and cared for while in the NICU.

“It’s really a celebration of the strength of our little ones and their families,” says Tawna Burton, March of Dimes NICU Family Support Specialist, who is based at Intermountain Medical Center. "And equally important, it’s a reuniting of staff members and friends who have come to mean so much to one another. As a NICU parent myself, there’s no way to adequately express your gratitude to those caregivers who watched over your child."

“The staff look forward to it every year,” says Alice Adams, nurse manager in the Intermountain Medical Center NICU. “We become really close to our patients and their families in the NICU and it’s rewarding to see them again and see how far they’ve come.” 

The NICU at Intermountain Medical Center has the most advanced level of newborn care in the Intermountain Region. The 48-bed unit provides treatment to premature infants born as early as 22 weeks that may face many health concerns, including respiratory and heart problems or jaundice and vision problems as a result of premature birth. Intermountain Medical Center treats more than 800 infants in the NICU each year.