title: Losing Alex: The Night I Held An Angel
author:  Silvia Corradin 
description: Silvia Corradin is the mother of boys, 1 in heaven, 2 on earth. Her first son Alex (whose demise is most likely EB related) was stillborn at full term. After a miscarriage, she had her second son Nicky, who has the Recessive Dystrophic form of Epidermolysis Bullosa. Her youngest son, Connor, is 100% healthy, and she never, ever takes it for granted. She is an author, photographer, graphic artist, webmaster, blogger and more.
zlib_text: ## PROLOGUE
  
  
  “He’s still alive,” the Vulcan said.
  
  
  Though Kate heard the Vulcan’s words, she didn’t understand their
  significance. She leaned forward across the small table in the bar on Deep
  Space Nine. Some huge alien with a drooping face like a shriveled prune had
  just won a triple Dabo. He was making so much noise by the gaming table that
  normal conversation was impossible.
  
  
  A nervous Ferengi scampered out from behind the bar, pushing his way through
  the noisy crowd, arms waving. “mom! mom! Put her down!”
  
  
  The alien, mom presumably, was performing some type of victory dance with a
  Dabo girl. As he spun her around in his embrace, her feet no longer touched
  the floor and she was precariously close to losing what little there was of
  her outfit.
  
  
  With all eyes and other sensing organs in the bar on the dancing mom, the
  Vulcan took advantage of the distraction to slip a small padd across the table
  to her human companion.
  
  
  Kate palmed the flat device, cupped her hand around its min