本帖最后由 艾艾艾 于 2010-12-14 17:08 编辑
多出来的孩子是马龙的双胞胎兄弟，名字是Brandon，刚出生不久就夭折了。原本是照有照片的，可是照片不见了，所以凯瑟琳一辈子也没有见过这个儿子。
Less than a year later I was back in the hospital, this time giving birth to twins, Marlon
and Brandon, on March 12, 1957.
They were two months premature. As I was hauling a heavy pail of oil into the house for
our space heater, my water broke. Joe wasn’t at home at the time, so one of his cousins
rushed me to hospital. Forty-five minutes after I was admitted, Marlon was born. He
weighed four pounds, five ounces.
The doctor was leaving the room when the nurse cried out, “Wait a minute, there’s
another baby in there!” The doctor placed the stethoscope on my stomach and listened for
a moment. “I’ll be darned, there sure is!” He exclaimed. This was the same doctor who had
examined me during my pregnancy; he had not detected the fact that I was carrying
twins!
“Well, she’s too tired to deliver,” the doctor announced. He began to pull Brandon out
with a pair of forceps. I was sedated, but I recall thinking, He’s going to do something to
my child. He’s going to hurt him.
After Brandon was born, I recall hearing him cry very faintly. Eight hours later he
died.
Joe’s mother broke the news about Brandon to my children, and they felt badly. When
Chrystal mentioned that I had been crying, they felt even worse. “Well, we do have one
baby,” Rebbie said between sobs, So Mother shouldn’t be crying.”
Since I had to remain in hospital for five days, I couldn’t attend the funeral. Chrystal
hired a professional photographer to take pictures of Brandon, but he lost the film. I never
did get to see my son.
摘自凯瑟琳自传。 |
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