pemLauren's Song Better Days Aheadem is the illustrated true story of Lauren Ashley Wiltz--the miracle baby born at one pound via emergency C-section in 2006. It parallels the turmoil and trials endured by the baby in the NICU and her mother as she struggles through a very rough pregnancy that tumultuously ended in an emergency C-section that almost cost her life, as well as the life of her premature child. It also chronicles the strong presence of her father and how his unconditional love and support, as well as their family's, would also make a powerful difference!ppThe book describes devastating medical challenges that resulted from her mother's rediagnosis with lupus following ten years in remission. It seeks to poignantly illustrate her other struggles of being a new first-time mom to a very sick baby while also being a wife, as well as many other challenges resulting from this devastating unfamiliar circumstance--challenges of conquering depression, infertility, broken dreams, an