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Be Not Afraid losing a BabyStephen was born seven weeks premature in a universityhospital. The miracle of his little kitten cry will alwaysstay with me. That was the only time his voice washeard. I only caught a glimpse of my son as he waswhisked away to be examined.Two hours after his birth I was wheeled down to theneonatal ICU to see and touch my firstborn. He was tiny,less than three pounds, with a shock of dark hair. He wasattached to every conceivable monitoring device, andthe ventilator was breathing for him. I was filled withjoy and thanks for the miracle of our son, sure that hewould live. My husband, Eddie, later told me that he wasnot as sure as I about Stephen’s future. As a volunteerin Armenia following the 1988 earthquake there, he hadseen firsthand the fickleness of life and the suffering ofcountless people.Stephen lived exactly twenty-six hours and twominutes. His prematurity compounded several seriousmedical conditions that could not be corrected. Iremember the tears that would not stop when a group ofdoctors brought us into consultation six hours before hedied and told us that they suspected a genetic conditionthat would mean his early death. I held on to Eddie andtried to grasp what we had just been told.Our family doctor came to stand by us in thosedifficult hours. It was obvious to everyone that Stephenwas dying. Hard is not an appropriate word for that4