Medical Errors: My Child's Story ; Early on Saturday, Sept. 12, 1998, my wife, Kim, in just the 24th week of her pregnancy, gave birth to our daughter, Katelyn Mary.

Early on Saturday, Sept. 12, 1998, my wife, Kim, in just the 24th week of her pregnancy, gave birth to our daughter, Katelyn Mary.

Katie weighed in at just 1 pound 4 ounces. She didn't cry when she was born. Babies who arrive that early don't have the lung capacity to make sounds.

Immediately upon birth, Katie was whisked to the neonatal intensive care unit, where she would stay for four months as doctors and nurses fought to save her life. From the delivery room, my wife was wheeled back to her bed, where it was soon discovered that the area around her cesarean section had been infected with E. coli bacteria, preventing the wound from healing. She would stay in …