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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821062603321

Autore

Whitehouse Beth <1961->

Titolo

The match : "savior siblings" and one family's battle to heal their daughter / / Beth Whitehouse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Beacon Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8070-9775-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Disciplina

362.198/921520092

Soggetti

Anemia in children - Patients - New York (State) - New York

Bone marrow - Transplantation - Patients - New York (State) - New York

Pure red cell aplasia - Patients - New York (State) - New York

Fertilization in vitro, Human

Procurement of organs, tissues, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- The Match"Savior Siblings" and One Family's Battle to Heal Their Daughter -- Prelude -- 1: "Mind If I Take One Last Ski Run?" -- 2: "What Do You Think It Is?" -- 3: "Never in a Million Years" -- 4: "This Is a Beautiful Embryo" -- 5: "For Them, the Dice Are a Bit Loaded" -- 6: "This Is for Desperate Couples" -- 7: "We Have Incomplete Information" -- 8: "I Could Never Do That" -- 9: "Why Me? Why This?" -- 10: "I Wish We Hadn't Done It" -- 11: "The Easter Bunny Would Be Jealous" -- 12: "Come On, Baby" -- 13: "Take an Additional Folic Acid, in Case It's Twins" -- 14: "Things Look Really Good" -- 15: "So Much of Who We Are Happens at the Beginning" -- 16: "It's Hard to Tell Parents, 'Don't Do This' " -- 17: "There's No Black-and-White Answer" -- 18: "We're Not Going to Stop the Future" -- 19: "It's a Boy!" -- 20: "I Like This Place a Lot" -- 21: "Now It's Crunch Time" -- 22: "You Conceived Your Son for This?" -- 23: "Will I Get Handcuffed with My Kids?" -- 24: "This Is Mind-Boggling" -- 25: "Being a Mom Is the Coolest Gift" -- 26: "It's Now or Never" -- 27: "Bubba's My Brother" -- 28: "Good Luck" -- 29: "Her Body Is Healing" -- 30: "Why Are You Taking the Lights Down?" -- 31: "Back Up and Bling-Bling" -- 32: "It Goes So Fast" -- Acknowledgments.