Westmead Hospital
At the Newborn Intensive Care Unit of the Westmead Hospital, the Tiny Star Beads program is offered to babies, and their families, admitted for various illnesses and medical procedures.
Stella Bella sessions at your baby’s bedside are held once a week by clinical nurses who give you your baby’s beads. The sessions can also be an opportunity to debrief on the past week’s events.
During a long hospital stay, babies can go through many different medical procedures, some of which may be painful, and at times this can be upsetting for them and for their parents too. The beads, when strung together, help to tell the story of each baby’s personal medical journey.
The string of beads will become a very special memento for the babies, and their families, and a symbol of pride and courage for all of the challenges that they have overcome.
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