Chapter Forty Eight

Emilie looked from the doctor to the baby in his hands. She felt her heart stop; she took a deep breath and looked at the child again. The nurses took him from the doctor’s hand and rushed him towards the table.

“He’s dead?” Emilie asked as tears filled her eyes.

The doctor looked at the nurses, they walked over and whispered something to him." can we please step out for a minute?"

Emilie looked at Alicia and walked out in front of him. “What’s wrong with my son?”

“No, he’s not, but he’s a little underweight. He was born four and a half pounds, he didn’t have enough space to grow and the others were picking up a lot of the nutrients. He will have to stay in the hospital until we can get him to at least get her weight up. Okay, Ms. Ferla?” The nurse said.

“Why does he have to stay?” Emilie asked. She felt everything didn’t make sense to her.