Re: Please read....very touching(alison)
From: Ann (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Jan 7 07:19:14 1999
alison,
what a beautiful story.i had tears before i even heard the song the
little brother sang.what a miracle.
ann barber in atlanta,ga
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> Ladies,
> i appologise for the length of this story but I thought you
might like
> it. I know that some of you have miracel babies too.
> -Alison
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> >>Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on
> >> the way, she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son,
Michael,
> >>prepare
> >> for a new sibling. They find out that the new baby is going to be a
> girl,
> >and
> >> day after day, night after night, Michael sings to his sister in
> Mommy's
> >> tummy.
> >>
> >> The pregnancy progresses normally for Karen, an active member of
the
> >> Panther Creek United Methodist Church in Morristown, Tennessee.
Then
> >> the labor pains come. Every five minutes ... every minute. But
> >> complications arise during delivery. Hours of labor. Would a
> >> C-section be required?
> >>
> >> Finally, Michael's little sister is born. But she is in serious
> >condition.
> >> With siren howling in the night, the ambulance rushes the infant
to the
> >> neonatal intensive
> >> care unit at St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee.
> >>
> >> The days inch by. The little girl gets worse. The pediatric
> >> specialist tells the parents, "There is very little hope. Be
prepared
> for
> >the
> >> worst." Karen and her husband contact a local cemetery about a
burial
> >plot.
> >> They have fixed up a special room in their home for the new baby
- now
> >they
> >> plan a funeral.
> >>
> >> Michael, keeps begging his parents to let him see his sister, "I
> >> want to sing to her," he says.
> >>
> >> Week two in intensive care. It looks as if a funeral will come
> >> before the week is over. Michael keeps nagging about
> >> singing to his sister, but kids are never allowed in Intensive
Care.
> >>
> >> But Karen makes up her mind. She will take Michael whether they
like it
> >or
> >> not. If he doesn't see his sister now, he may never see her alive.
> >>
> >> She dresses him in an oversized scrub suit and marches him into
ICU.
> >>
> >> He looks like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse
recognizes
> him
> >as
> >>a
> >> child and bellows, "Get that kid out of here now! No children are
> >allowed.
> >>
> >> The mother rises up strong in Karen, and the usually mild-mannered
> >lady
> >> glares steel-eyed into the head nurse's face, her lips a firm
line. "He
> >is
> >>not
> >> leaving until he sings to his sister!"
> >>
> >> Karen tows Michael to his sister's bedside. He gazes at the tiny
infant
> >>losing
> >> the battle to live. And he begins to sing. In the pure hearted
voice of
> a
> >> 3-year-old, Michael sings:
> >>
> >> "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy
when
> >skies
> >> are gray --- "
> >>
> >> Instantly the baby girl responds. The pulse rate becomes calm and
> steady.
> >> Keep on singing, Michael.
> >>
> >> "You never know, dear, how much I love you, Please don't
take my
> >> sunshine away---"
> >>
> >> The ragged, strained breathing becomes as smooth as a kitten's
purr.
> >> Keep on singing, Michael.
> >>
> >> "The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping, I dreamed I
held you
> >in my
> >> arms..."
> >>
> >> Michael's little sister relaxes as rest, healing rest, seems to
sweep
> >over
> >> her.
> >> Keep on singing, Michael. Tears conquer the face of the
bossy head
> >>nurse.
> >> Karen glows.
> >>
> >> "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. Please don't,
take my
> >> sunshine away."
> >>
> >> Funeral plans are scrapped. The next, day-the very next day-the
little
> >girl
> >>is
> >> well enough to go home! Woman's Day magazine called it "the
miracle of
> a
> >> brother's song."
> >>
> >> The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a
miracle
> of
> >> God's love!
> >>
> >> NEVER GIVE UP ON THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE
> >> Send this to all the people that have touched your life
>
> Sanity is a small price to pay for happiness." --Marabeth Madsen
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