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Harry Potter readings changed Juniper’s oxygen-saturation readings immediately: they rose with Tom’s normal voice and dropped in Hagrid’s.
Neonatologist Keith Barrington knew his premature baby’s sucking was only a reflex. But seeing it made him reverse his decision to stop treatment.
With blood pressure and oxygen critically low, premature baby Juniper opened her eyes and stared at her doctor. He took that as a reason to keep trying.
When the surgeon touched Juniper’s intestines, the fragile tissue fell apart instead of revealing tissue that could be patched.
Clinicians expected Juniper to die by morning. She survived repeated breathing failures and prolonged swelling instead.
Without surgery, baby Juniper faced certain death. With it, she had a slim chance. That chance became the reason to operate.
After four and a half months, a nurse practitioner telling Juniper’s parents to buy a car seat hinted discharge was possible.
After 196 days in the hospital, Juniper’s family celebrated her release with Chick-fil-A, before later boycotting it.
At Stone Creek Ranch, anger changes a horse’s behavior, forcing Juniper to learn emotional control.
An extremely premature baby’s apparent fight may come from physiology, such as having more lung buds, not willpower.
Juniper was born by C-section at 23 weeks and six days, one day before 24 weeks and more than halfway before full term.
RSV is usually a common cold, but it can devastate Juniper while her premature lungs recover and develop.
The line on Kelly’s pregnancy test was so faint that she photographed it and increased the contrast in Photoshop to see it.
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