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.
Within an hour she was back in her room where a loving husband did all he could to make her comfortable.
She was given some Jello for dinner and was able to eat only a little of it. She finished it, pulled the curtain and was showing Paul that they had not made any incisions when there was a bright flash and she jumped. A photographer had slipped in and taken a picture. Before they could react, she had darted to the elevator which had been held open by a colleague.
Her rapid movement when the flash went off had hurt. Joan came in to check her. Several stitches in the port were pulled but they would mend. Security was alerted and they sealed off the area to prevent a repeat. They had been able to do the surgery through the port so she had no external incisions. Joan promised a full report the next day, left orders for medication and left for the day. The picture would appear in most papers the next day. Worse than the picture itself was the breach of confidentiality. The press now knew Peggy was in the hospital. They could be expected to pounce anytime soon. Joan came in the next morning to see her patient. After the usual poking and squeezing, Joan attached the display and fiddled with the camera.
“See here, this is where we removed it. Real good.” Joan bumped the uterus with the camera and Peggy tightened. “Super sensitive, isn’t it?”
“Sure is. Don’t do that again.” All Peggy could see was her uterus. It seemed to be swollen. It had several rows of stitches on it. They looked red and sore. “Should it look that sore?”
“How’s it feel.”
“Worse than it looks. How long should I expect that?”
“I told you it’ll taper off in about two weeks, in four weeks there will be only a little discomfort. By six weeks, you’ll not know we did it.”
“I hope I do. I want to have a baby, remember?”
“And you will. The growths were the worst place, but removable. Your fallopian tubes were involved and we removed them. You’ll not have children by the natural method but IVF looks real good. There wasn’t just one cyst. There were five so you’ll be a little more tender than I expected. I need to get you up today so you don’t get pneumonia and we expect to get you out of here in another three days.” As Joan talked she moved the camera and showed Peggy what she was taking about. “Now, I have a little secret I want to share with you. I had been using a diaphragm for birth control, Gary and I kept saying we wanted another child but kept putting it off so neither of us did anything permanent. I used the diaphragm one month after I had the baby for Lori. One night I told Gary I didn’t want to use it and he agreed. I’m in my second month. This one is for me. I’d have never done it if I hadn’t proven I could and still have my career. I have to thank Lori for this child.”
Alpha Four Chapter 01: Two Autopsies
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