In this photo provided by Ron Wall, Lori and Jaime Aron visit their son Jake, May 17, 2002 at Medical City Hospital in Dallas, as he prepares for a life-or-death bowel operation on his sixth day of life. Jake and his twin brother Josh were born 17 weeks premature, each weighing 1 lb., 2 oz. Josh already has overcome heart surgery that wasn't serious enough for doctors to allow his parents to touch him. Because Jake's prognosis is grim, Lori and Jaime are encouraged to touch their tiny baby. (AP Photo/Ron Wall)AP - The speech I was holding should only have been a backup. I knew the words by heart because I’d lived them.

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