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As any young mother would do, when Meghan found out she was expecting her second child, she did everything she could to prepare little Cassie for her new role as the Big Sister. And Cassie was delighted with the idea of having a "real" baby around to help take care of.
Every day, Cassie would talk to her baby and at night when Meghan rocked her to sleep she would sing to it.
After the ultrasound was preformed and they found out that the new baby was to be a little boy, Cassie immediately started calling her little brother Christopher... even though that was not the name Meghan and her husband Mark had in mind. But Cassie refused to call "her baby" anything else. "He likes the name Christopher," Cassie would say as her parents offered other suggestions. "I just know he does... I can feel it!"
Indeed Cassie was becoming quite attached to this little brother that she'd never seen. Often, while playing with a stuffed Barney that sings, Cassie would run to Meghan and say, "Listen, Christopher.... Barney is singing our song!" She would hold Barney up to Meghan's protruding stomach as it sang, "I love you! You love me! We're a happy family! With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you. Won't you say you love me too?" A song both Meghan and Mark were sick of!
Finally, the day arrived for Christopher to be born, and after hours of labor and several complications, a c-section was preformed. But things didn't look so good for the baby. He was placed in the neonatal intensive care unit of Children's Hospital and the pediatric specialist told Meghan and Mark to prepare for the worse. After ten days in the hospital, the doctors were offering little hope. And during all this time, little Cassie had not been allowed to see her baby brother... not even once!
As Meghan and Mark began talking about making funeral arrangements, Cassie began sobbing uncontrollably. "My baby needs me," she cried. "I've got to go to him!"
This broke Mark's heart. He wanted so much to protect his little girl from the pain he and his wife were suffering, but how could he? Losing Christopher was as much her loss as it was theirs.. and she had a right to see him. So Mark took Cassie to the hospital, stuffed her little body into a huge scrub suit and did his best at sneaking past the nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit.
When Cassie finally saw little Christopher, she immediately started singing that dreaded Barney song. "I love you! You love me! We're as happy as can be! With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you. Won't you say you love me, too!"
As Cassie sang, Christopher's pulse rate became strong and steady! The nurses attention was drawn to the childish voice of a three year old singing and came over with every intention of commanding Mark to get her out of there, but she was stopped by the realization that what Cassie had to offer Christopher was the best medicine available! His vitals were improving. What he needed was a great big dose of his big sister's love!
Christopher was dismissed from the hospital after just three days of listening to Cassie's voice!
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. Proverbs 16:24