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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 three-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new baby. They found out that it was going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael 1 to his sister in Mommy's tummy. The pregnancy progressed 2 for Karen. Then the labor pains came. Every five minutes ... every minute. But complications 3 during delivery. Finally, Michael's little sister was born. But she was in serious 4 With siren (警报)howling in the night, the ambulance 5 the infant to the Intensive Care unit at St. Mary's Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee. 6 inched by. The little girl got worse. The doctors told the parents, "There is very little hope. " Karen and her husband contacted a local cemetery (墓地) about a burial plot. They had 7 a special room in their home for the new baby - now they planned a funeral. Week two in Intensive Care. It looked as if a funeral would come 8 the week was over. Michael, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister, "I want to sing to her," he said. Kids were never 9 in Intensive Care. But Karen made up her mind. She would take Michael 10 they liked it or not. She 11 him in an oversized scrub suit and 12 him into ICU. He looked like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse 13 him as a child, "Get that kid out of here now! " The usually 14 lady glared into the head nurse's face, her lips a 15 line. "He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!" Karen towed Michael to his sister's bedside. He gazed at the tiny baby 16 the battle to live. And he began to sing 17 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" 18 the baby girl responded. The pulse rate became 19 and steady. Keep on singing, Michael. "You never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away - " The breathing became as smooth as a kitten's purr. Keep on singing, Michael. "The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping,… | ||||
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