{"id":5811,"date":"2025-10-31T08:30:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T22:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/uncategorized\/neonatal-unit-finley"},"modified":"2025-11-05T04:49:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T18:49:53","slug":"neonatal-unit-finley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/news\/neonatal-unit-finley","title":{"rendered":"Premmie baby Finley thriving in Caboolture Hospital\u2019s new Neonatal Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Premmie baby Finley thriving in Caboolture Hospital\u2019s new Neonatal Unit<\/h1>\n
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Mum Clare and Baby Finley in the new Neonatal Unit rooming-in room<\/p><\/div>\n

Caboolture parents Clare and Josh are feeling incredibly grateful to be closer to home with their newborn son after months of travelling back and forth to Brisbane.<\/h4>\n

Baby Finley Maximus was born at just 29 weeks on 28 July at the Royal Brisbane and Women\u2019s Hospital (RBWH), after Clare went into early labour.<\/p>\n

Finley spent more than six weeks receiving respiratory support on CPAP and a further three weeks on high-flow oxygen as his lungs continued to develop.<\/p>\n

Last week, he was transferred to Caboolture Hospital\u2019s new Neonatal Unit rooming-in rooms, bringing him just around the corner from home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have family here, they\u2019re all in Sydney – so it\u2019s just us. To now have support so close to home means everything,\u201d Clare said.<\/p>\n

Finley\u2019s arrival in the new unit comes shortly after a significant milestone for the Caboolture Hospital community.<\/p>\n

On 14 October, Caboolture Hospital officially opened its new Neonatal Unit (NNU) \u2014 now four times the footprint of the previous facility and purpose-built to provide specialised care for unwell and premature babies.<\/p>\n

The upgraded unit features:<\/p>\n

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  • Three single isolation rooms for enhanced infection control and privacy\n
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    • A state-of-the-art procedure room equipped with the latest technology<\/li>\n
    • Switchable privacy glass between high-dependency bays and isolation rooms<\/li>\n
    • A dedicated reception and family waiting area<\/li>\n
    • Two new rooming-in rooms to support step-down care and bonding<\/li>\n
    • Updated medical equipment<\/li>\n
    • Space designed to promote family-centred care, allowing parents to stay close to their newborns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Finley\u2019s move back to Caboolture has supported a new stage of his care – transitioning off high-flow oxygen and beginning breastfeeding.<\/p>\n

      \u201cEstablishing feeds has been hard, so we are grateful to be here,\u201d Clare said.<\/p>\n

      \u201cThe nurses are amazing and right there when we need them. Even when I called at 5am for help to get him to latch and they had so many tips and tricks.\u201d<\/p>\n

      Transferring Finley to Caboolture NNU has also eased the pressure on the family significantly.<\/p>\n

      \u201cMy car was broken, so I was getting public transport between Caboolture and Brisbane every day,\u201d Clare said.<\/p>\n

      \u201cFinley\u2019s dad was struggling to see him due to work commitments, but now that he is here, he can see him a lot more.\u201d<\/p>\n

      Finley is due to go home in a couple of days, where their yellow lab, Peanut, is eagerly waiting for his new baby brother to come home.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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