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Special Care

Special Care Sam do you remember all   your time in Special Care? Would you recognise the  voices of  the nurses working there? Would  you  recognise  a   photo from  your first night in that place -  a   tiny  mass  of wires in   a   huge clear  p lastic case ? Do you have a distant  memory of   that frantic afternoon -  when  you put in an appearance nearly  fourteen weeks too soon? And  Sam do you remember when  I came to visit you?  Your  proud  but  frightened  sister I just didn’t have a clue. “When will his eyes be open?” and  “W hat’s that beeping noise ?” “When will  my baby brother get  to play with baby toys?” Sam, you won’t remember how  I thought I was to blame when  Mum and Dad were crying while  deciding on your name. They answered all my questions but  they had some of their own When  would  they get to hold you? Would they ever get you home? W hen times were tough they  thought  of  all  the love they