At home on maternity leave, Mary Kearney cradles her newborn, Victoria Abigail, rocking her gently as she moves around her living room. Born just over a month ago, Victoria smiles quietly as her father, Will, looks on with a wide, proud beam across his face.
“To tell you the truth, I never thought we’d be happy again,” Mary said. “But we are.”
Victoria carries the name of her elder sister, Abigail, who passed away last May - the day after Mother's day - after a brief illness caused by a non-vaccine strain of pneumococcal meningitis. When Abby suddenly fell ill at home, the Kearneys – a young couple whose relationship began as high school sweethearts at Ursuline Academy and Jesuit College Preparatory – were thrown into a waking nightmare as the singular joy in their lives stopped breathing and was taken to the hospital, descending into a coma. Initially told Abby would be in for a two-week stay, the Kearneys quickly learned Abby had little time left.
“It snowballed into a living hell,” Will said. “It was already hell, but it kept getting deeper.” READ THE REST
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