Little did I know then how profoundly our lives would change. I spent the night with her in the hospital and immediately went to see Zain the next morning. Anu began her recovery from the difficult birth. Zain was transported from the hospital in Bellevue across Lake Washington to Seattle Children’s Hospital with its state- of- the- art Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. But upon examination, the doctors were alarmed enough to order an emergency cesarean section. In fact, I distinctly remember feeling annoyed by the wait times we experienced in the emergency room. We thought it would be just a routine checkup, little more than new parent anxiety. So we went to the emergency room of a local hospital in Bellevue. One night, during the thirty-sixth week of her pregnancy, Anu noticed that the baby was not moving as much as she was accustomed to. We were ready to add a new joy to our life. In the apartment we were renting next to the Microsoft campus, we spent months busily preparing for his arrival – - decorating a nursery, putting plans in place for Anu to return to her career, envisioning how our weekends and holidays would change …. Even more exciting, however, was that Anu was pregnant with our first child. We were far from our families in India, but settling into our new life together in the Seattle area. My career as an engineer was taking off, while she was building her career as an architect. I remember the year 1996 as a thrilling time. You can find the full text below with links to audio descriptive videos here. Today, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shares his personal journey with accessibility with an essay on LinkedIn.
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