His 10 smaller-than-newborn toes were all there. They all curled and straightened as they should, connected to two legs that were connected to the rest of his body that had been exposed to the natural air for what may only have been minutes. Enclosed in the isolette crib, his toes are pinker than brand new, each leg about the size of the blue-gloved fingers that are nursing him to health from what just years ago would almost certainly be a lost cause.
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