I read your post and we are so much alike!! I myself am 18 (I graduated when I was 16) and am also in determination to become an RN and work in the NICU!!! I have a baby boy named Ryden, who was born July 6, 2003, and he wasn't supposed to be born until September 26, 2003. Ryden was 12 weeks early and weighed only 2 lbs 9.5 oz, and was 15 inches long. He was in the NICU for 74 long days, and after all that had happend to me, I had found myself wanting and needing to become a nurse in the NICU. I learned all of the terms and even began doing things with Ryden that the nurse would do!