Chris Hennessy's upcoming memoir book,

 

Touched by Hannah

A man with cancer (Hennessy). His one pound newborn, Hannah. And their fight for life.

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Chris Hennessy still battled life-threatening side-effects after almost dying three days post-radical prostatectomy cancer surgery, and blood tests revealed cancer continued to invade his body.

 

Then his daughter entered the world prematurely. Hannah classified as a micro-preemie—weighing only one pound, nine ounces—and had only a 40% chance of surviving. Doctors said that if she survived, her odds for having a normal, healthy life were far from favorable.

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For months, Hannah and Chris fought for their lives. Chris, nauseous and weak from daily radiation treatments, planted himself at Hannah’s incubator and stayed late into the evenings, long after the other parents had left.

 

Hannah’s miniscule hand latched onto her daddy’s pointer finger and held it for hours at a time while Chris sang improvised songs and prayers. Not only had the daddy-daughter bonding experience begun, but the daddy-daughter healing experience had as well.

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