“How much does he weigh?” I asked the doctor, my voice trembling.

“Four pounds, three ounces.

He’s on respiratory support in our neonatal intensive care unit,” Dr.

Lindqvist said.

“He’s very small.

But he’s fighting hard.”

I capped my pen and closed the heavy blue folder that held the development contract.

Across the table, my business partner, Damian Ellery, stared at me in shock.