"Isabella’s Umbrella was created in the memory of a very special little girl, Isabella Rose. Izzie was born with a heart defect and unexpectedly spent her short six weeks here with us in the NICU’s of the Foothills Hospital, the Alberta’s Children Hospital, and finally the Stollery Hospital where she was waiting to have a heart surgery.

 The experience of staying with your baby in a NICU environment can be very challenging at times.  We have learned from our personal experience, that the little things we can do for one another are not that little at all. In that spirit, we have created “Isabella’s Umbrella Comfort Bags” for the babies and families of the NICU’s.  In our comfort bags, we are providing some daily necessity items for the parents such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, lotion etc. We are also providing some very special items for the babies. These include a clothing item (hat, mittens, or booties), a homemade blanket, and a story book that can be shared between the baby and their parents."

Our Isabella's Umbrella Comfort bags contain a variety of items for both babies and families. The items in each bag were chosen specifically based our experience of staying with Isabella in the NICU's of the Foothills and Stollery Hospitals. Each bag contains:

Handmade Baby Blanket  
Children's Story Book
Cotton Hat, Mittens, or Socks/Booties
Note Book with pen  
Travel Size Lotion
Kleenex    
Toothbrush and Toothpaste
Dental Floss

We will be collecting items to donate to Isabella's Umbrella at our Conference in Drumheller 2012