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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cNo, this is not my husband holding our newborn daughter.<\/p>\n
He is not my brother.<\/p>\n
He is not a cousin.<\/p>\n
He is not a friend who I\u2019ve known a lifetime.<\/p>\n
This man was our son Julian\u2019s, neonatologist.<\/p>\n
The same doctor who two years ago sat us down in the very same hospital and told us our baby boy was very sick with fetal hydrops.<\/p>\n
The same doctor who worked tirelessly amongst others in the NICU to try and save our son.<\/p>\n
The same doctor told us that he would exhaust every option available to keep his heart beating.<\/p>\n
The same doctor who had to deliver the somber news almost 36 hours later, that there was nothing more that could be done.<\/p>\n
The same doctor who shared his own personal story of losing his older brother before he was born and looked at a broken-hearted mother to tell her to never stop speaking Julian\u2019s name.<\/p>\n
The same doctor who never left our side and stood in the room as Julian took his final breath in mine and his daddy\u2019s arms.<\/p>\n
The same doctor who I looked up at in between my deep howls and saw he, too, was breaking down as we kissed our son goodbye.<\/p>\n
The same doctor who attended our son\u2019s funeral.<\/p>\n
The same doctor who called and reached out countless times after our son\u2019s passing to check on us.<\/p>\n
The same doctor who came to our follow-up appointments because he also cared enough to get answers as to what caused his condition.<\/p>\n
You see, this is the same doctor who is holding our now five-week-old daughter.<\/p>\n
My husband left the room ONE time this day.<\/p>\n
One time.<\/p>\n
And upon making his way back up, they crossed paths.<\/p>\n
They spotted each other with familiar eyes and to this doctor\u2019s surprise, he came to learn we just delivered our healthy baby girl.<\/p>\n
What happened next?<\/p>\n
Well, this same doctor came knocking on our room door.<\/p>\n
This time it wasn\u2019t to deliver any sad news.<\/p>\n
This time it wasn\u2019t to tell us to get upstairs right away because we were losing our boy.<\/p>\n
No, this time, it was different.<\/p>\n
This time, he got to hold our daughter.<\/p>\n
This time, we got to see him not just as Julian\u2019s neonatologist, but as a friend.<\/p>\n
This time, there were not just tears of sadness as we both reminisced those sacred moments we had with Julian, but also tears of joy, as he held our girl.<\/p>\n
And what are the chances that this meet-up would fall perfectly into place?<\/p>\n
Well, let\u2019s just say, I have an idea of who helped make that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
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