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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.
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