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A Debate on Health

My daughter Grace. She had an unusual thing about her. Apart from groaning at contact, she  was floppy.Once you could lift her up and she would slouch and bend her legs as if to say ,' please l don't want to stand.'  When she begins to slouche like that, placing her on my lap would prove a little taxing because then l would have to be very careful else she would fall off. She moved like mercury, swift and sudden. I used to say,' this child is strange'. She flows like water. I did not know that my little one was actually not well.  At times  l thought it was heat stress. Yet I could not put to pieces why she could not jold her heard firm. She would bend it backwards as if it was too heavy for her, so l often supported her with my hands. Then, other times her whole body would be firm, she would stand  with her legs straight and tall. Her head would be firm and steady or just shake a liitle bit. As such on days when she was weak and floppy, l thought she was either tir

Grace

 My daughter Grace,was born on my own birthday in September. I was ecstatic.somehow due to the pain and excitement l could not sleep; yet it is expected that a mother fresh out of labour, must sleep so as to recover from pain and exhaustion. Soon after giving birth and receiving my child to feed,l slept a little less than an hour, Then l woke up.I could not keep my eyes off of her. I gazed and gazed at 'this wonder,this perfection.' It was a miracle. So l was now a mother! Heavens gracious. It was a miracle, a pure and plain miracle.She was beautiful. Her complexion was extra light compared to my first born, her brother. She was tiny. So tiny l was afraid l would break her limbs if l touched her wrong.l was extra careful when l lifted her from the bed. Such a fragile,frail miracle. She was mine still and l was happy. At 2600g she looked a little too small compared to her brother who was born at 4200g. He had looked like a two weeks old baby at birth. Yet Grace looked like she n