Wood Shavings

Sometimes, life is just starting when you have to let go of it. That’s the unavoidable reality that confronted Doris and Johannes when they were expecting their first child. “It doesn’t look good,” Johannes remembers his wife telling him on the phone – and suddenly their entire world came to a halt. It was December 23, 2020. Their baby’s life, though it had only just begun, was already falling apart. Doris’s gynecologist advised her to terminate the pregnancy immediately, pending the confirmation of his suspicions by amniocentesis.

In Vienna, a hospital offers palliative care to babies with debilitating diagnoses.