These Hands
These Hands, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger.
These hands…are the hands of Dr. Michael Katz, who delivered Katie Rose when she was very tiny.
These hands…are strong enough to do what must be done, but gentle too.
These hands…last held Katie Rose the day she was born, when she hovered between life and death.
These hands…never gave up hope.
These hands…held Katie Rose yesterday, two months after she came home, a happy healthy baby.
January 12th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
[...] was feeding the boys dinner when the phone rang. It was Dr. Katz, my wife’s obstetrician. “Phyllis is going into labor,” he told me. “You need to get to the [...]