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When infant's heart stopped for 34 terrifying minutes, a father was born.(The Dallas Morning News)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service

| June 01, 2001 | Townsend, Brad | COPYRIGHT 2001 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

DALLAS _ The doctor and nurses didn't have to tell me it was dire. It was on all their faces, especially in their eyes.

The eyes that had been so tender suddenly became concerned, then frantic, then, most telling of all, grief-stricken.

No one had to tell me my baby girl was dying, especially as the horrifying minutes passed ... 10 ... 15 ... 20 ... 25 ... without a sign of a heartbeat.

I stood about 15 feet away, in the corner of Nursery E of Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas' Newborn Intensive Care wing _ my heart, stomach and mind an anguished jumble: nauseous, aching, terrified.

How could this be happening? How could the most blessed occasion of our lives, the April 5 births of twin girls, our first children, have come to this inconceivable moment?

How could I bring myself to do what the nurse supervisor now was gently urging: phone my wife, Sydney, to tell her that one of our 5-day-old girls was dying. Sydney, the supervisor explained, would want to hold her one last time.

"I'm so sorry," said the hospital chaplain, who had just entered the room, obviously not by accident. "I know this is hard."

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