the little creature in the womb is like the pearl deepa secret that is best kept in to grow while still asleep ready the obstetrician asked as he turned his head towards me his body still facing the mother he was looking directly at me at that point so i just nodded and with his arm in position he entered the mother and pierced the membranes to expedite the delivery summary this is a chapbook of stories 1 4 from the book the doctor s nest including the pearl which is the fourth installment in the series the doctor s nest is a compilation of stories about the life of a doctor who cares for extremely premature infants as the stories unfold we learn about the challenges that she faced as she began to practice in her field and how she ultimately fulfilled her goal of developing specialized units for the extremely premature newborn along the way we get to know more about her family lovers and friends we meet the nurses and respiratory therapists that provided the care and we learn about the scorpions the obstacles that lay in wait to derail the process along the way the pearl is the fourth installment and is included in this chapbook later to be expanded to a full length book with a year s worth of stories about this doctor s nest
anna karen sorensen
mckarr jonsson
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