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A fathers heart-rending account of his babys extraordinary will to live When Alexandre Julius Adams was born at Gatineau Hospital, in the summer of 1998 he seemed a healthy little boy. When he had trouble breast-feeding, his parents assumed it was normal. As the days passed, however, he grew dehydrated, inconsolable, and then listless. His parents phoned a government hotline. A nurse suggested they take the baby to emergency. So began an extraordinary life-and-death saga. Alexandre was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect, and only a combination of good fortune, superb medical expertise, and inner resilience enabled him to survive. He was on a knifes edge in there, the anesthesiologist grimly told Alexandres father after the first operation. A knifes edge. This book is a fathers beautifully terse, stirring account of the saving of his son. At times it reads like an episode of ER Adams chronicles the intricate, brusque mechanics by which a critically ill infant is sustained. Pediatric cardiology is deftly explained, and the history of our understanding of human anatomy is woven in. But this is a deeply personal story, and it occasions as many chuckles as tears. The numbing st

Author

Adams, Paul, 1954-

Publisher

Toronto, Ont.: Macfarlane, Walter & Ross

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9781551990934

Subjects

Medical, Memoir, Biography