CHAPTER TWENTY
At 2:02 a.m., Michelle Elizabeth Andrews was born. She had a low birth weight and there was a scary moment of touch and go where the doctors thought they might lose her. But about half an hour after she had been removed from Melissa, she seemed to level out. And while she’d likely remain in the hospital for at least a week or so to make sure she was completely out of the woods, everything indicated that she was going to end up leaving the hospital as a healthy—albeit underweight—little baby girl.
Kate, Terry, and Terry’s parents were all informed of this as they sat in a collected group within the waiting room at 2:55. The news did Kate’s heart a world of good but her own thoughts instantly went to Melissa and her recovery.
“I’d like to see my daughter as soon as possible
