Juniper: An intimate memoir about a premature babys fight for survival
I probably would have read “Juniper” in one sitting, but I had to stop because I was crying too hard.
The book tells the story of a girl named Juniper who was born at 23 weeks six days of gestation – "too soon," as the subtitle puts it. That's so soon that doctors can't even agree whether intervention to save a baby's life is the right call. Juniper weighed 1 pound 4 ounces — a micropreemie who couldn't see or breathe without the help of a machine.
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