This worthy organization has raised $200,000 to help NICU families with free parking and transit passes. Itâs a terrific cause. Yet itâs revealing and pathetic that such efforts are even needed. The average daily cost of NICU care in the United States exceeds $3,000. Iâm going to go out on a limb and guess that Lurie Childrenâs hospital âone of the nationâs most prestigiousâcharges even more. The Tribune reports that the average length of stay in Lurieâs NICU is 27 days.
Posted on September 28, 2012 by Mark. No, they are not. Gelatin is a principle ingredient in marshmallows. A lot of people believe that the gelatin in marshmallows is made from from horse hooves, but that isnât true. You canât make marshmallows out of horse hooves; however, you can make glue out of horse hooves. Hoof glue was invented in ancient times and has been in continuous use for over 5,000 years. Horse hoof glue is still made. It is used in fine woodworking and violin making, among other things.
1 Cremello: A horse with a chestnut base coat and two cream genes that wash out almost all color until the horse is a pale cream or light tan color. 2  Often called white, they are not truly white horses, and they do not carry the white (W) gene.3  A cremello usually has blue eyes.hile most horses remain the same color throughout life, a few, over the course of several years, will develop a different coat color from that with which they were born. Most white markings are present at birth, and the underlying skin color of a horse does not change, absent disease.