Lili Lobingier, RN Perinatal, Providence St. Vincent Medical Center Portland, Oregon

Providence St. Vincent Medical Center has an annual Perinatal Loss remembrance service. It is a beautiful ceremony honoring all of the children and families that lost a child during their early day, weeks or months of life.

During the reception afterwards, Lili introduced Naomi to her nurse manager.
Naomi is 5 and lost her little brother here. While she was here Lili gave her “Lumpy”. Lumpy is named after Heffalumps from Winnie the Pooh and is a silly looking little stuffed elephant. The unit gives them to siblings when they lose a brother or sister. Little Naomi wrote Lili a thank you note about how important Lumpy is to her. You see, according to Naomi’s mom, Lumpy goes everywhere with Naomi. It is a vehicle for them to talk about the loss and work through it together. Lili also had the brilliance to give Naomi a memory box to put things that remind her of her brother in. When they go to the gravesite, Lumpy always comes along.