Voiceless Child: No One Dreamed She Might Survive, Might Talk. Except Two Ordinary People ... True Story

A struggle to adopt the abandoned, ill child and to find miraculous voice-giving surgery. "I spoke soothing words and touched her pale fingers. The silent weeping stopped." At the time, less than thirty surgeons performed the miraculous voice-giving surgery in the world. Voiceless Child. No one wanted her. Bright eyed but mute, the abandoned baby lay hooked up to machines. Destined for a life in an institution-until one young couple saw her. Complications from a premature birth had scarred and blocked the baby's airway, so she had to breathe through a tracheotomy tube in her neck. The baby's chest heaved as she struggled to breathe. Airway scarring rendered spoken language impossible. Heather wasn't my child, but her distress tattered my heart. Fourteen months old, the little bundle lay swaddled in a blanket, forgotten and lost amongst unchanging hospital routines. Might we adopt her? Were the damning medical prophecies true? How might we navigate through villains who stymied progress? I am Ann Giganti, the author and Heather's adoptive mother. The story takes place in Florida with its beautiful beaches and reefs. Inspiring true story. Chance meeting turned tragedy to miracle. I wrote the book about our search to give the voiceless child a family, to find a surgeon who could reconstruct her airway. Otherwise she would never speak, never swim. When I met her, she'd never been outside, never seen the sun, never seen the moon. She could not even move a finger. She'd always lived in a hospital on a breathing machine, fed by a tube in her tummy. No one dared dreamed she might survive and have a family of her own. Sometimes dreams come true, more fantastic than envisioned. There is a newer subspecialty, pediatric otolaryngology. These ear, nose, and throat surgeons are dedicated to preserving a child's voice, airways, and hearing.

• | Author: Ann Giganti
• | Publisher: Ann Widick Giganti
• | Publication Date: Nov 15, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 330 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 099960645X
• | ISBN-13: 9780999606452