As she sat holding her 10-day-old prematurely born daughter in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a hospital, Cydney Cooper, a resident of Kansas, received the surprise of her life, as her husband, Skylar, popped into the room after a seven-month deployment in Kuwait.
Skylar, a member of the Kansas Army National Guard, had been away and wasn’t expected to visit home until spring.
