Omaha nurses find love, marriage and a family at Methodist NICU [Video]

It’s not terribly unusual these days for co-workers to become couples and eventually marry.

That was the case for Taylor and Drew Deras, two registered nurses who work in Methodist Women’s Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit.

They first connected over sports. Drew, now 34, is a Chicago Cubs fan, and the team had recently won the World Series, which gave them something to talk about. They became friends, shared lunch breaks, got engaged. They married during the pandemic in August 2020.

The Derases, however, not only found love in the NICU but also met Ella, the very premature baby who eventually made them a family.

Ella had a rough start. She was born in May 2021 at 23 weeks and one day, on the edge of viability, weighing 1 pound, 2 ounces. …