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Dr. David Henry is forced, through an act of God, to deliver his child in the middle of a blizzard. The child turns out to be twins. His son is perfect: his wife's daughter, less so. She has Down's syndrome. To spare his family untold grief, he gives his imperfect daughter to his office nurse, Caroline, to drop off at the local institution. Broken windows covered with plywood, peeling paint, cracked linoleum, cold, and with the smell of urine everywhere, she can't do it.
Instead, she leaves town and takes the baby with her.
No matter what your motives, it's never a good idea to take a baby from its mother and tell the mother the baby died. Not a good idea at all.
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Dr. David Henry is forced, through an act of God, to deliver his child in the middle of a blizzard. The child turns out to be twins. His son is perfect: his wife's daughter, less so. She has Down's syndrome. To spare his family untold grief, he gives his imperfect daughter to his office nurse, Caroline, to drop off at the local institution. Broken windows covered with plywood, peeling paint, cracked linoleum, cold, and with the smell of urine everywhere, she can't do it.Instead, she leaves town and takes the baby with her.
No matter what your motives, it's never a good idea to take a baby from its mother and tell the mother the baby died. Not a good idea at all.
(1 of 1 readers found this comment helpful)