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Ana's Story
2007-11-03 1:26AM / 標準BLOG / \\ books // / 會員可以看
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I finally finished reading "Ana's Story - A Journey of Hope" by Jenna Bush... yea... I'm a slow reader... hahaa... but actually I put off on it for several days... then I finally picked it back up and finished reading it...

For the most part, it is a good read... very inspiring... it is definitely a Journey of Hope... which is why the tears I shed were happy tears... The story is still in progress, so there is no "real-ending"; I hope there will be a follow-up on her story...

Here is a part that I want to share with everyone; the part that made me cry...

        Ana was prepared for surgery. The doctor had told her that she should give birth by cesarean section to reduce the risk that the baby would be infected with HIV. Ana was afraid, but she pushed the fear out of her mind; she would do whatever was best for her baby.
        Ana lay on a gurney, and a man she had never seen before came up to her and introduced himself as her doctor.
       "Where's my doctor?" Ana asked.
       "She's not here," he said. "You'll be fine." This was not what she expected; she became more nervous.
       Another man came in to administer anesthesia. He injected medicine into her spine to numb her from the waist down. He told her that she would be awake during surgery but she would not feel pain.
       A nurse hung a sheet across Ana's chest so that she could not see what the doctor was doing. When the doctor began, Ana felt pressure and knew he was cutting into her belly. She thought of her father cutting up sea bass; the image amused Ana rather than frightening her. Ana closed her eyes.
       Then she heard a wail, the sound her baby's first cry. The baby's voice--her baby's voice--was so small and needy, yet fierce in its will.
       "It's a girl," the doctor said. "A beautiful baby girl."
       The nurse took the baby to be cleaned and checked. Ana watched as she weighed her baby and put drops in her eyes.
       Tears slipped down the sides of Ana's face. She was overwhelmed with joy and optimism. She knew that her world would not be different, more difficult in many ways, but at the same time Ana felt that she was given a second chance at happiness, an opportunity to love and to be loved in a way that she hadn't been during her own childhood. Her baby was born, and Ana was reborn.

The book ends with a few notes... one being that the baby will go thru one final test at 18-months to assure that she is definitely not infected with HIV... the first two tests came back as negative...

If you get a chance, definitely read Ana's Story... it is very inspiring...

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Jaine
留言於2007-11-05 10:54AM [举报]

I missed your earlier blog on the book so this is the first I have heard about it.
I will definitely keep my eyes open at the local library (I'm a library nerd and proud)
smchan
留言於2007-11-03 12:14PM [举报]

Thanks for the book review! I heard about this book and wondered if it would be a good book club selection?
vivo
留言於2007-11-03 6:18AM [举报]

very touching.. it somehow reminds me of this commercial... very intense yet inspiring...

http://www.alivenotdead.com/2648/viewspace_33012.html

anything can be possible if one doesn't give up...
dragontattoo
留言於2007-11-03 3:45AM [举报]

It does sound very touching, I was interested to look at this after you mentioned it before, it's nice to know that so far her baby remained HIV free.
butter
留言於2007-11-03 3:12AM [举报]

Wow this story sounds pretty incredible. I hope her baby will be HIV free. Thanks for sharing.
peachey
留言於2007-11-03 2:58AM [举报]

Interesting.
sirendipity
留言於2007-11-03 1:44AM [举报]

Thanks for sharing that excerpt. It sounds like a touching story! =) It's a true story, right?

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