A daunting choice
Chapter 1: The pressure was wearing on Susan and Jason Williamson as they walked into the surgeon's office for yet another meeting.
Surgery in the womb
Chapter 2: Susan Williamson looked small, almost frail, in the hospital bed; her pregnant belly only slightly plumped the bedsheets.
The ordeal of recovery
Chapter 3: The doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center assured Susan Williamson that she could be discharged on the Saturday after her Wednesday surgery.
A special delivery
Chapter 4:When Nancy Chescheir's pager went off on that Saturday morning, she suspected who was calling. Just the day before, she had seen Susan and Jason Williamson in her office for Susan's regular checkup.
Apex girl has accolades from Celine Dion, Oprah
Tuesday's segment of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" featured a book of celebrated young people that includes Apex youngster Anna Williamson.
Has the state done enough?
A doctor's frustration is shared by those who have fought for a state-supported campaign to promote folic acid use and reduce the state's incidence of neural tube defects.
After surgery, baby is thriving
The baby book that Jason and Susan Williamson keep for their daughter, Anna, is filled with the ordinary, happy milestones of infancy: Anna smiling at her parents at two months. Sitting up at six months. Crawling at 10 months.
Holly Springs girl featured in book
Anna Williamson, who had fetal surgery to correct spina bifida, is one of 12 children from around the world who are being included in the book, "12 Heroes Among Us."
