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The tiniest survivor of Katrina Baby being born this month once was frozen embryo rescued by officers By JANET MCCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — The baby album for Rebekah Markham's soon-to-be-born child could include something extra special: photos of officers using flat-bottomed boats to rescue the youngster's frozen embryo from a sweltering hospital in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Markham is about to give birth via Caesarean section, nine months after being implanted with an embryo that nearly thawed when the flooded hospital lost electricity. "It's going to be exciting for the little baby, once he gets old enough to realize what it went through," said Markham, a 32-year-old physical therapist whose husband, Glen, 42, is a New Orleans police officer. "Katrina's history. A big part of history." The baby — the Markhams do not know its gender, but are guessing it's a boy — will be one of the first children born from the more than 1,400 embryos that were rescued from New Orleans' Lakeland Hospital two weeks after the storm. And it isn't just the Markhams who are tickled. "That is great! I'm going to call all our officers and tell them. They'll be pretty excited," said Lt. Eric Bumgarner, one of seven Illinois Conservation Police officers and three Louisiana state troopers who sloshed through floodwaters to remove the embryos. The C-section will be Jan. 16. A clinic created embryos from her egg and his sperm in 2003. Two were implanted immediately, and one grew into their first child, a boy, who turned 1 just before Katrina. The Markhams, who live in Covington, have not picked out names. But if the baby's a girl, she won't be called Katrina. "There's nothing good associated with that name," the mother-to-be said.

Talk about a good deed.

That's pretty interesting!

If it's a girl, maybe they'll name her, Mariah.

Mariah Carey Lyrics
They Call The Wind Mariah

Mariah.....Mariah....
They call the wind Mariah
Way out here
They got a name
for rain and wind and fire
the rain is rest
the fire is joy
and they call the wind Mariah

Mariah throws the stars around
and send the clouds a-flying
Mariah makes the mountains sound
like folks were up their dying

Mariah.....Mariah...
They call the wind Mariah

Before I know Mariah's name
and heard her wail and whinning
I had a girl and she had me
the sun was always shinning
But then one day
I left my girl
I left her behind me
and now I'm lost
Oh God I'm lost
not even God can find me

Mariah...Mariah...
They call the wind Mariah

Out here they got a name for rain
for wind and fire only
But when your lost and all alone
there is no name for gloomy
And I'm a lost and lonely man
without a star to guide me
Mariah blow my love to me
I need my girl besides me

Mariah...Mariah...
They call the wind Mariah

Mariah....Mariah....
Blow my love to me...
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Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. - Robert Heinlein

They Call The Wind Mariah by The Kingston Trio

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RunnerBiker ¿
"Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip." - Will Rogers

Thanks for posting that RB. You can be sure I nabbed it.

I had it on an LP by the Smothers Brothers and they sang it beautifully after their comedy routine at the start of the song.

Great song!
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Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. - Robert Heinlein

I had a pretty good collection of Smother's Brothers comedy albums too. I'm not sure where they are now. My sister may have them.

That was a long time ago and far away.
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"Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip." - Will Rogers

I don't remember the name of the Smothers Brothers album it was in, but I think it was on the same LP as Hava Nagila (One hump camel races).

Later note: The camel races were Tzena, Tzena, Tzena.
Album, Smothers Brothers at the Purple Onion.
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Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. - Robert Heinlein

Nice story in lieu of what's being done with embryos and the Stem Cell pipe dream...
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