A life everlasting

[Parsnip Totin Jack ★]

A couple learn that their joy of conceiving is tempered by sadness when one of the identical twins will be stillborn by a rare condition. Prior to the birth date the couple makes a decision that will affect many. The stillborn infant will be donated to science for neonatal research. However, during  childbirth the mother requires emergency attention while the medical staff work for both children and the mother’s health. The result is that one boy is born healthy, the second, born without half a skull, dies minutes after birth. The mother requires seven units of blood to survive. Years later the mother wonders what became of their donation to science. Her book explores what she learned along the way.

i met the author and heard her story firsthand in May 2018. I was invited to the talk because I was one of those seven blood donors who saved a life. 

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14 hours ago, Old No. 7 said:

A couple learn that their joy of conceiving is tempered by sadness when one of the identical twins will be stillborn by a rare condition. Prior to the birth date the couple makes a decision that will affect many. The stillborn infant will be donated to science for neonatal research. However, during  childbirth the mother requires emergency attention while the medical staff work for both children and the mother’s health. The result is that one boy is born healthy, the second, born without half a skull, dies minutes after birth. The mother requires seven units of blood to survive. Years later the mother wonders what became of their donation to science. Her book explores what she learned along the way.

i met the author and heard her story firsthand in May 2018. I was invited to the talk because I was one of those seven blood donors who saved a life. 

WOW!

The easiest thing for adults to do is to check the "organ donor" box (or leave it checked).  Harder, though, for sure is being a soon-to-be parent and dealing with that stuff from many different angles all at one time.