Miracle Max

Maxwell was born septic with the eColi virus two months early. At 3:30am the following morning we were awakened by the nurse practitioner telling us to hurry and come to the NICU, as it didn’t look like Max was going to make it. Nurses were scurrying everywhere asking if we wanted his picture taken, did we want him baptized and about a gazillion other things I’m sure I can’t even remember. There were so many doctors and nurses surrounding Max’s bed, all with extremely worried and sympathetic looks on their faces. I thought I was going to collapse.
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Liam Michael and his twin brother, Hugh Patrick

On the 5th of July 2008 I went into preterm labor, I was pregnant with twin boys. I had no idea what was going on until my contraction started coming hard and fast and I started bleeding heavily. I remember thinking why am I here when we were directed to the labor and delivery ward, my husband even told the nurse she was mistaken, I could not be in labor I was only 22 weeks pregnant
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