Mom-To-Be Caught Everyday Illness That Quickly Turned Life-Threatening

Meeting Thomas

Even though she carried him in her belly, this was like meeting an entirely new person. As excited as Tess was, she was anxious. She knew that she smelled like a hospital and couldn’t even talk. She wasn’t meeting her baby at her best, and that upset her. "My smell and my voice were the two ways I knew I’d be familiar to him after such a long separation, and neither of those features was in working order."

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