Voiceless child
(Book - Regular Print)

"No one dreamed she might survive, might talk. Except two ordinary people..." -- title page.

"The Voiceless Child. No one wanted her. She couldn't talk; she'd never been outside. I began searching for miracles, for the Voice Giver. Fourteen months old, the little bundle lay swaddled in a blanket. Not my child, but her distress tattered my heart. Meeting Heather tumbled my husband and me into a troubling maze never envisioned. Might we adopt her? Were the prophecies of profound disability true? How could we navigate through villains who stymied any progress? There is a newer subspeciality, pediatric otolaryngology. These surgeons can restore a child's voice, airways, and hearing. Might Heather survive, talk one day, have a family of her own? Sometimes dreams come true; sometimes they don't" -- page [4] of cover.