[Leica] Tales from yesteryear 2! :-)

[kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)]

On Jan 5, 2008, at 5:07 PM, Ted Grant wrote:

> Tina Manley asked:
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> Subject:Tales from yesteryear! :-)
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>> Ted -  I hope these are excerpts from your book (with photo
>
> illustrations in the book of course)I'm waiting but,in the
>
> meantime,keep these gems coming!!<
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>
> Oxygen.
>
> Over the years many assignments have placed me in first time  
> situations
>
> Shooting  the first birthing was one I'll never forget..
>
>
>
> I had worked in operating rooms before, but this was the first time  
> for a
> birthing.
>
> So I was apprehensive as it isn't every day you are at the birth of  
> a new
> human
>
> being. At this writing it's close to a hundred or so now.
>
>
>
> Arriving at the hospital early to meet the "mother-to-be" I  
> discovered she
> was already in labour and this was a first for her also. We sure  
> were a
> nervous pair.
>
>
>
> When it came time to move her to the delivery room I was so hyper I  
> wasn't
> sure I could cope with the situation.  But as the nurses and doctor  
> got into
> action I became immersed in shooting and the anxiety disappeared.
>
>
>
> There was the usual breathing and pushing routine and then a quick  
> few words
> from the doctor and suddenly there was a brand new baby. :-)
>
> I was so surprised by the quickness of everything I very nearly  
> missed it.
>
> A little wrinkled, more old looking, than new baby. But it was  
> blue! :-(
>
>
>
> I thought "My God it's her first and it's a blue baby!"  I was  
> thinking it
> was a
>
> problem with the child in a medical sense. As I continued shooting,  
> the baby
>
>
> started hollering and changing colour becoming  a beautiful pink!   
> Look at
> that
>
> WOW! There was no problem after all, it only needed those first  
> gasps of
> oxygen.
>
>
>
> And each new birth brings wonderment as much as the previous, but  
> not as
> much as the first!  But I kind of shed a tear at everyone because  
> each is a
> miracle and I'm an emotional jerk.


a wonderful story Ted...

and I hope you didn't need to share the oxygen,

please keep them coming,

Steve
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