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Maya Armstrong, a Poudre Valley Hospital volunteer, reads to a patient in the UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital NICU. Photo: UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Maya Armstrong is a busy teenager. She has a part-time job. She sings in the choir. And she volunteers as a peer counselor at Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins. She\u2019s also applying for admission to colleges. Nevertheless, no matter how busy she is, she always makes time \u2014 along with her mother, Melissa \u2014 to give back to where her life began 18 years ago.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cVolunteering at Poudre Valley Hospital<\/a> is full circle for us and such a privilege,\u201d Maya said. \u201cPVH is important and is a special part of our lives.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2005, when Melissa was 27 weeks pregnant with Maya, her first daughter, she was diagnosed with preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome<\/a> (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelets). Maya was born at UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital, weighing only 1 pound, 15 ounces, and spent the next 77 days in the neonatal intensive care unit. Though extremely challenging for Melissa and her husband, Steve, Maya\u2019s challenging birth inspired Melissa to become a hospital volunteer.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maya and Melissa Armstrong are both volunteers at UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital. Photo by Kati Blocker, UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Over the years, Melissa has volunteered at PVH and served on the NICU Family Advisory Council. She has dedicated time to speaking with other NICU families and encouraging them. In 2009, while 31 weeks pregnant with Sofia, her second daughter, Melissa was scheduled to give a talk when her health rapidly deteriorated. Sofia had to be delivered via emergency cesarean section. She weighed only 3 pounds.<\/span><\/p>\n

Check out UCHealth’s volunteer services<\/a> for volunteer opportunities. <\/div><\/span><\/p>\n

Sofia spent 47 days in the NICU. Years later, Melissa said, her experience in the NICU is ever-present; emotions are always there. She is forever grateful for her daughter\u2019s nurses and doctors and continues to feel that gratitude when volunteering.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is my Zen time for the week,\u201d Melissa said. \u201cI know how much they value volunteers. It helps their workload and is very rewarding and purposeful.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When Maya was old enough, she followed her mother\u2019s lead. Maya first applied to be a\u202f<\/span>UCHealth \u201cvolun-teen\u201d<\/span><\/a>\u202fprogram in the fall of 2019 but could not volunteer until 2022, when COVID-19 restrictions lifted. She now spends a few hours each Monday restocking drinks and snacks in hospital units.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Maya also returned to the NICU to help many of the same nurses who had cared for her as a tiny baby.\u202f In September 2022, Maya spent a day reading stories to the tiniest patients as part of the international\u202f<\/span>Babies with Books Read-a-thon<\/span><\/a>\u202fchallenge.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was one of my favorite days,\u201d Maya said. \u201cTo sit and read with them was so meaningful. I even saw the nurses who cared for me, which was super special.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maya Armstrong, a Poudre Valley Hospital volunteer, reads to a patient in the UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital NICU. Photo: UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Melissa\u2019s daughters have thrived since their days in the NICU.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proud of the woman Maya\u2019s becoming. She\u2019s a light, and we are honored to be her and Sofia\u2019s parents,\u201d Melissa said.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Melissa plans to continue volunteering as Maya heads off to college. Sofia plans to apply to be a \u201cvolun-teen\u201d once she\u2019s old enough.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have such gratitude for PVH and the staff, everyone there,\u201d Melissa said. \u201cWe can\u2019t repay them for all they\u2019ve done, but we are happy to have that small piece in their week.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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