Pro Bowl snub? Whatever. Seahawks’ Byron Murphy’s got a greater Christmas gift

Key Highlights

• Every day for 2 1/2 months, Danee’s mom and dad commuted to the hospital to see her.
• Their baby lived her first weeks and months inside an isolette, a special, enclosed bassinet with regulated light, temperature and noise.
• Danee’ was hooked up to machines that constantly beeped.
• Alarms alerted the round-the-clock nurses and doctors to any changes to the baby’s breathing, body temperature or functioning. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWhen Murphy wasn’t at Seahawks headquarters for meetings and practices, when he wasn’t sacking quarterbacks and helping lead his team to its first playoff berth in three seasons, he was at the NICU with his baby girl. The highlights of his week went beyond his breakout second NFL season and his Seahawks winning 12 of their first 15 games. They were the sessions of “kangaroo care” he had with his baby girl in the NICU, the moments of skin-to-skins holding by the parent of their child in limiting times outside the isolette. Now, he can do that anytime he’s home.
• No more isolette.