maleficent

My mother tells a story, that a long time ago, in a galaxy far away... (well, OK, 83 years ago in a Catholic hospital in Hoboken New Jersey) her older brother was born with some major complications during the birth -where they didn't think my grandmother woudl survive the delivery... Those days, that wasn't an uncommon event.

From the story that was told, by my grandmother's sisters, the doctors worked so furiously to save my grandmother's life after the birth that the child was basically passed off to a nurse and almost forgotten about... at that point they had the choice to save my grandmother (who was a 22 year old female at the time) over the life of the baby... Because by someone's explanation the life of an adult was worth more than the life of a baby. (odd rules given a catholic hospital)

What would I want done? I'll never be in that situation so I won't have to make that choice...

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