Being a neonatologist and a mother

Today at work, a mother asked me what I would do if it was my son in the isolette and not hers.

It’s not the first time I have been asked this. I understand where the question comes from, and yet I’m at a loss of what to say every time. Not because I haven’t pondered it before. No. It’s because I have asked myself the question far too many times: …

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