Thatafternoon，adiseaseforcedDianatoexperienceanemergencyoperationtodeliverthecouple'snewdaughter．At12incheslongand （41）___onlyonepoundandnineounces，shewasaprematurebaby．
Butthedoctor'ssoftwordsdroppedlike （42）___．"Idon'tthinkshe'sgoingtomakeit"hesaid．"There'sonlya10-percent （43）___shewillpullthroughthenight，andeventhen，ifbysomechanceshedoesmakeit，herfuturecouldbeavery （44）___one．"
DavidandDianalistenedasthedoctor （45）___theseriousproblemsthenewly-bornbaby，Anna，would （46）___faceifshesurvived．Shewouldneverwalk；shewouldnever（47）___；shewouldprobablybeblind；andsoon．
"No!No!"wasallDianacould （48）___．SheandDavid，withtheir5-year-oldsonDusfin，hadlong （49）___thedaytheywouldhaveadaughtertobecomea （50）___offour．Now，withinamatterofhours，thatdreamwasslippingaway．ButDianainsisted，"Idon'tcarewhatthedoctorssay!Onedayshewillbecominghomewithus!"
Certainly，therewas （51）___amomentwhenAnnasuddenlygrew （52）___．Butastheweekswentby，shedid （53）___gainanounceofweighthereandanounceof （54）___there．Atlast，whenAnnaturnedtwomonthsold，herparentswereableto （55）___herintheirarmsfortheveryfirsttimethough （56）___continuedtogentlybutcoldly （57）___thatherchancesofsurviving，muchlesslivinganykindofnormallife，werenexttozero．
Finally，Annawenthomefromthehospital，justashermotherhad （58）___．Today，fiveyearslater，Annaisalittlebutlivelyyounggirlwithbrightgrayeyes（59）___astronginterestforlife．Sheshowsno （60）___ofanymentalorphysicalinjuries．Simply，sheiseverythingalittlegirlcanbe．