A pathologist examines two dead young women and passes sections of organs to pathology for examination. The pathologist examines the specimens and questions the accuracy of the collection of tissue. When the collection has been confirmed the answer is devastating. The impact of this finding stretches far beyond the lives and families of the two women.
Peggy awoke and connected her control box. She toggled the camera to her ovaries. She was getting good at it. One look and she was yelling to Paul. “Get up, we’re going to Harrisburg.”
Three hours later they were on a plane. She had the control box connected and looked three times while she was on the plane. “Look at them,” she kept telling him, “They’re almost ready. Tell the pilot to hurry, we need to get there soon.”
Joan met them at the airport. Two hours later hey had harvested eight ova. Four were fertilized with Paul’s sperm and frozen. The other four were separated into pairs, fertilized with a husband’s sperm and one of each was frozen. Two women were implanted the following day.
Peggy and Paul made another fast trip to Harrisburg. This time 9 ova were harvested, and all nine were implanted. Joan had decided to do this because all three women from the previous month were pregnant. Peggy cried when Joan told her.
“I can help someone else get pregnant, but I can’t myself.”
“You will. I guarantee that. If I’m wrong, by the time we find out, I’ll carry one baby for you.”
“Thanks, but this is something I want to do myself. You understand, don’t you?”
“I sure do. But the offer stands. With what you’ve done, I think someone owes you a favor.”
After seven hours of labor, Joan delivered a healthy baby for Lori and her husband. It was the fifth baby born in the program. They named her Hope.
Beth Warner delivered her baby by caesarian section. The eight pound three ounce boy was healthy.
Peggy and Paul enjoyed the days they were together. Soon Peggy would have to return to Washington for the next session which appeared to be a long one. She was due for her next donation of ova about the tenth. She planned to ask Joan when they could schedule her surgery but Joan was not available on the last trip. The girl at the desk told her that Joan left a note to contact her just before the next appointment to arrange her surgery when she was ready. Joan and Gary decided to vacation for a few days in June. She was ready to leave the house when the phone rang. It was Joan.
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