"They won't discharge him yet," Serena answers. She understands the reasons behind it but that doesn't set her stubbornness at ease or make her feel like any less of a failure. She ought to be able to care for her son on her own. "He was born early, too small."
Back in North Carolina, a lot of children wouldn't have survived being born so soon. Prayer and wives' tales were used where medicine is here. "They say he's healthy but his lungs aren't quite developed."
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Date: 2017-05-12 01:35 pm (UTC)Back in North Carolina, a lot of children wouldn't have survived being born so soon. Prayer and wives' tales were used where medicine is here. "They say he's healthy but his lungs aren't quite developed."