A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR ALL NICU GRADUATES!!!!!!!!
IT’S TIME TO COME TOGETHER
FOR DRISCOLL’S 2004 NICU REUNION

Saturday, October 23, 2004
2pm-4pm
Driscoll Children's Hospital Front Lawn
3533 S. Alameda St.
Children are encouraged to wear their Halloween Costumes!
(We will also honor the life of Dr. Peter Serrao)

(Corpus Christi, TX)) This is a reunion like no other and it’s a great time for families, doctors, nurses, and Driscoll Children's Hospital. This day is dedicated to all NICU PATIENTS to have fun with their doctors and nurses who took special care of them during their stay at the hospital. It is free and open to former Driscoll NICU babies and their families. The theme, is Halloween, and as any party, we will have Moon Jumps, Obstacle Course, Pumpkin Decorating, Games, Cupcakes, Cookies and tons of FUN.

Doctors and nurses dedicated to our Neonatal Unit will be here to visit with past families, catch up since the last reunion and share with each other their stories and times of their visit. More than 20,000 babies have been cared for in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Driscoll Children's Hospital since opening in 1953. The team in the NICU includes neonatologists, pediatric nurses, pediatric respiratory therapists, and pediatric dietitians. Driscoll Children's Hospital is also the first in South Texas to provide Neonatologists in the hospital 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

About Driscoll Children’s Hospital
“Improve the health of adults and you give them back their health …
Improve the health of children and you give them their life.”

Since opening its doors in 1953, Driscoll Children’s Hospital has been offering hope and healing to the children of South Texas for half a century. The facility is a 189-bed pediatric tertiary care center with pediatric board-certified specialists representing 19 medical and nine surgical specialties. Each year, more than 6,000 children are admitted for inpatient care, 5,000 for day surgery, and 50,000 for outpatient primary and specialty care, as well as 40,000 for emergency care, as the first South Texas hospital with emergency services exclusively for children. Additionally, Driscoll maintains a state-of-the-art ground/air transport team, 20-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 40-bed neonatal intensive care unit, and specialized medical outreach.

www.driscollchildrens.org

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