SMALL MIRACLES; All Julie and Jeff Johnson wanted was a family. In the past six years, their resolve has been severely tested by the demands of raising two children born prematurely. And yet, Jeff asks: Wouldn't you do the same for your kids?(VARIETY)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: March 4, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

Julie Johnson remembers the wrenching day in 1995 that she delivered her stillborn daughter. Embedded in her immense pain was joy at seeing the child that no longer was to be.

After years of endometriosis, problem periods and fertility drugs, conceiving had seemed miraculous to the Burnsville couple - all the more so when the baby started tumbling inside Julie. One Friday morning the movement stopped.

Panicked, Julie called her clinic and asked to be seen immediately. She could almost see the nurse rolling her eyes: "Oh, God, here she comes again." It was 11:30 and the ...

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