Necklace pendant Fred

Pisi ehe jewelry is named after the doctors and nurses who helped us on the journey of our premature (born 26+1) baby Susanna.

Everything starts with a drop. Our drop was Dr. Fred Kirss from Tartu University Hospital.

When I sent him an e-mail on Sunday evening at 24+4 weeks of pregnancy and 2cm dilated, I didn't expect him to immediately reply and ask me to come to Tartu. Fred was our drop of optimism, which was quickly dried at another hospital. "Don't bond with the fetus". What do you mean, don't bond...? She's not a fetus... She's Susanna. "We're waiting for her water to break".

So there I was lying in the prenatal room, where there were expectant mothers with 40+ weeks' gestation next to me, who wanted to get rid of the pain. But I was still trying to keep her inside. I lied there for four days and left on my own responsibility, thinking that if I didn't do something myself, I would regret it for the rest of my life. I can't just lie there. The journey to Tartu was long and every bump on the road was scary. 

When I arrived, peace came. Immediately. I felt so important and protected. "Helina, as long as you're here, nothing bad will happen to you."

A doctor shouldn't call you at 8 pm on a Friday night, but Fred is no ordinary doctor.

A few months later, when my mother was flipping through her diary from 1990, it turned out that the young Dr. Kirss also played an important role in the birth of my older sister, who was over due. My mother got chills when she peeked at Susanna from behind the window of the Lunin Street Children's Hospital. 31 years ago, her ward was in the exact same room.

Forever grateful!