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...good days, he can whisper his name, squeeze his therapist's hand on command, and breathe for 12 continuous hours without the help of a machine. On bad days, he drifts in and out of sleep, overwhelmed by the seemingly contradictory doses of medication they pump into his stomach by the cupful. One tries to keep his heart rate active; another tries to keep his blood pressure low. They need to contain the swelling in his head, but the doctors must also keep the blood flowing properly. There are ulcers to ward off, bedsores to tend to, and never-ending...
...relatives' appeal. But the only way to transfer Elian from his great-uncle to his father would appear to be by sending federal marshals through the throng of protesters around Lazaro Gonzalez's home in Little Havana, and that's an option for which Reno appears to have little stomach - an impression underscored by increasingly vocal and public criticism from inside the Justice Department of her handling of the case. An offer Wednesday by the Miami relatives to allow a meeting between Elian and his father was rejected by the father's lawyers unless it resulted in custody for their...
...arrived at last, only to confound all those who cannot imagine that a man might prefer to raise his child in Cuba than in America. But interviews with family and friends in Cuba paint a clear portrait that the Miami branch of the family cannot stomach: namely, that Juan Miguel might be both a good father and a good communist, one who loves his son and truly believes he would be better off growing up in the faded, sandy precincts of Cardenas than in the hectic hothouse of the Cuban-exile universe in Miami. "It's an assault...
...Cardenas, meanwhile, Juan Miguel was growing more distraught about his son's predicament. "His hair has been falling out, and he's had stomach problems since this whole thing started," says Fidel Ramirez, 32, Juan Miguel's best friend since school days. "He was extremely gregarious, but now he has turned bitter and quiet. When it dawned on him that his Miami relatives were keeping Elian up there, he came to me and said, 'Hermano, they took my son--they're hitting me where it hurts most.' He cried for three days...
...spring, Nereciana walked up the hill to visit an ababyaza (traditional midwife) for a consultation. The woman felt Nereciana's stomach and pelvis, asked her questions about her menstrual cycle and then deduced what the couple had begun to suspect: Nereciana was pregnant...