Thanks Nancy, I loved it!
On 4/13/06, Nancy Moureau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For all the nurses who sometimes bend the rules, this is for you. And for
> all who never give up on their family loved ones or patients.
> Sorry if this makes you teary. I just think we should all remember, never
> loose hope for miracles!
>
> 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 found out that the new baby was going be a girl, and day
> after day, night after night, Michael sang to his sister in mommy's tummy.
>
> He was building a bond of love with his little sister before he even met
> her.
>
> The pregnancy progressed normally for Karen, an active member of the
> Panther Creek United Methodist Church in Morristown , Tennessee !
>
> In time, the labor pains came. Soon it was every five minutes, every three,
> every minute.
> But serious complications arose during delivery and Karen found herself in
> hours of labor.
>
> Would a C-section be required? Finally, after a long struggle, Michael's
> little sister was born, but she was in very serious condition. With a siren
> howling in the night, the ambulance rushed the infant to the neonatal
> intensive care unit at St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville , Tennessee
>
> The days inched by. The little girl got worse. The pediatrician had to tell
> the parents there is very little
> hope. Be prepared for the worst. Karen and her husband contacted a local
> cemetery about a burial plot. They had fixed up a special room in their
> house for their new
> baby but now they found themselves having to plan for a funeral.
>
> Michael, however, kept begging his parents to let him see his
> sister. I want to sing to her, he kept saying.
>
> Week two in intensive care looked as if a funeral would come
> before the week was over. Michael kept nagging about singing to his sister,
> but kids are
> never allowed in Intensive Care.
>
> Karen decided to take Michael whether they liked it or not. If he didn't
> see
> his sister right then, he may never see her
> alive. She dressed him in an oversized scrub suit and marched him into
> ICU. He looked like a walking laundry basket.
>
> The head nurse recognized him as a child and bellowed, "Get that kid out of
> here now. No children allowed."
> The mother rose up strong in Karen, and the usually mild-mannered lady
> glared steel-eyed right into the head nurse's face, her lips a
> firm line. "He is not leaving until he sings to his sister" she stated.
> Then
> Karen towed Michael to his sister's bedside.
>
> He gazed at the tiny infant losing the battle to live.
> After a moment, he began to sing. In the pure-hearted voice of a
> 3-year-old,
> Michael sang:
> "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when
> skies are gray."
>
> Instantly the baby girl seemed to respond. The pulse rate began to calm
> down
> and become steady.
> "Keep on singing, Michael," encouraged Karen with tears in her eyes. "You
> never know, dear, how much I love you, please don't take my
> sunshine away." As Michael sang to his sister, the baby's ragged, strained
> breathing became as smooth as a kitten's purr.
>
> "Keep on singing, sweetheart." "The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping, I
> dreamed I held you in my arms".
> Michael's little sister began to relax as rest, healing rest, seemed to
> sweep over her "Keep on singing, Michael." Tears had now conquered the face
> of
> the bossy head nurse. Karen glowed. "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.
> ! Please don't take my sunshine away..."
>
> The next day...the very next day...the little girl was 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.
>
> LOVE IS SO INCREDIBLY POWERFUL.
>
> Life is good.
>
>
>
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