Vail Chapter XV - “travails and confrontation” THE SIMPSONS ARRIVED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER HOSPITAL AND WERE GREETED BY A TRANSPLANT TEAM. MEGYN WAS A DIRECT ADMIT FROM THE ER TO SURGERY AND MICKY WAS BEING PREPARED TO ACCEPT MEGYN’S UTERUS, PLACENTA, AND FETUS DUE TO INABILITY MEDICALLY TO CARRY A CHILD TO TERM SECONDARY TO METASTATIC GYNECOLOGIC CANCER. THE TWIN SISTERS HAVE SURGICAL SUITES DIRECTLY ACROSS THE HALL FROM ONE ANOTHER. MEGYN IS GIVEN HER HORMONAL INJECTIONS AS IS MICKY - BOTH READY FOR THE FETAL TRANSPLANT AT THE END OF THE FIRST TRIMESTER. THE MEDICAL STAFF IS UNDERSTANDABLY A BIT NERVOUS DUE TO MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING PLACE - THE VERY FIRST FETAL TRANSPLANT. UNFORTUNATELY A HIGHLY RELIGIOUS RIGHT TO LIFE PERSON RUNS WILDLY THROUGH THE OR SCREAMING RELIGIOUS EPITHETS. A LARGE GROUP OF RELIGIOUS RIGHT WINGERS WITH HUGE RELIGIOUS SIGNS SUBSEQUENTLY FORM AT THE HOSPITAL ENTRANCE - PROTESTING THE PLANNED FETAL TRANSPLANT. MANY PROTESTING EVENTS BEGIN TO UNFOLD. IT BECOMES EVIDENT THAT A MAJOR SECURITY LEAK HAS OCCURRED BY THE TRANSPLANT TEAM - AS SUCH MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY OCCURRENCES ARE SUPPOSEDLY PRIVATE AND NOT FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION. THE SURGICAL TEAM IS BEING MET BY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC, CNN, FOX NEWS, AND ALL THE MAJOR NETWORKS. THE HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR STUMBLES OUT OF BED AND ARRIVES TO FIND A FEW HUNDRED PROTESTERS BECOMING VIOLENT. POLICE AND SECURITY MOVE IN AS THE PROTESTERS CRASH THE DOORS AND BEGIN RUNNING TOWARDS SURGERY. A FEW ACTUALLY ENTER THE SURGICAL AREA OUTSIDE THE ROOMS AS MEGYN AND MICKY ARE UNDERGOING ANESTHESIA PREPARATION FOR SURGERY. FOLLOW ALONG AS THE EVENTS OF THE SIMPSON IDENTICAL TWIN FIRST EVER FETAL TRANSPLANT OCCUR. INT. PREOP AREA UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER. IDENTICAL TWINS MEGYN AND MICKY ARE PREPARING FOR THE FETAL TRANSPLANT FROM MEGYN SIMPSON TO HER IDENTICAL TWIN MICKY. BRADLEY, MEGYN’S HUSBAND, IS COMPLETING SOME FINAL SPECIAL RESEARCH CONSENT FORMS FOR THE PROCEDURE APPROVED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD.
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MICKY
MEGYN, DO YOU REALLY THINK WE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING? YOU KNOW NO ONE HAS EVER ATTEMPTED WHAT WE ARE DOING IN HUMANS.
MEGYN
I HAVE NO RESERVATIONS. I CANNOT CURE MY CANCER. YOU’RE MY IDENTICAL TWIN SO THERE SHOULD BE NO PROBLEM WITH FETAL REJECTION.
MICKY
IT’S UP TO THE BLOOD SUPPLY OF YOUR PLACENTA AND MY UTERUS.
MEGYN
THE IMPLANTED STEM CELLS IN YOU THUS FAR SEEMINGLY ARE WORKING.
MICKY
IT’S NOT THE STEM CELLS THAT CAUSE PROBLEMS; IT’S THE HORMONAL SHOTS THAT CAUSE ME TO FEEL PREGNANT. EVERYTHING FROM CONJUGATED ESTROGEN, HHG, PROGESTERONE, AND EVEN CORTISOL. I’M A WALKING POSTER CHILD FOR STEROIDS.
MEGYN
YOUR JOB IS TO SIMPLY PRODUCE A CHILD FOR BRADLEY. I’M NOT LIVING THROUGH THIS MUCH LONGER. I CAN TELL. OUR DREAM WAS TO HAVE OUR OWN IRISH QB, AND IF I CAN LEAVE BRADLEY SIMPSON ANYTHING, WELL IT’S A BABY WE BOTH WANTED. EVEN THOUGH WE FOUGHT ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS AND YEARS, IT IS AS IF NOW WE ARE FINALLY GETTING TOGETHER FOR OUR LAST ENCOUNTER.
MICKY
NO WAY! YOU’RE GOING TO SLEEP AND THEN WAKE UP NOT PREGNANT. YOU’LL WAKE UP SORE IN THE RECOVERY ROOM AS THEY WHEEL ME INTO HIGH RISK OBSTETRICS. I’LL BE HERE A FEW DAYS.
MEGYN
I DON’T SEE IT THAT WAY. I’M SO VERY TIRED AND WEAK. EVEN BRADLEY DOESN’T REALIZE HOW REALLY ILL I HAVE BECOME.
MICKY
YES I KNOW, GUYS JUST LOOK THE OTHER WAY AT GIRLS AND FEEL THAT WE ARE JUST OK ALL THE TIME PHYSICALLY. IT’S OUR MOODS AND EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE THAT MOST GUYS FEEL IS NOT WELL ADJUSTED. 3
MEGYN
ARE YOU STILL ON ZOLOFT?
MICKY
NO, ONCE THE FETAL TRANSPLANT HORMONAL TREATMENTS BEGAN, I TAPERED OFF THAT STUFF. AND YES, I’M DEPRESSED EXCEPT FOR HAVING BRADLEY’S LITTLE GUY. IT IS A LITTLE GUY CORRECT?
MEGYN
YES, AT LEAST THE GYNECOLOGY FELLOW AT THE UNIVERSITY SAID WE WOULD BE HAVING A REAL GUY BASED ON THE ULTRASOUND. THAT’S ALL I KNOW. THIS IS BRADLEY’S DREAM.
MICKY
MY DEPRESSION KICKS IN WHEN I BEGIN THINKING OF BRADLEY RAISING A CHILD ON HIS OWN.
MEGYN
OH, HE’LL FIND SOMEONE TO ASSIST I’M SURE. HE SAYS NO, BUT MOST GUYS NEED A MOM FOR THEIR KID. AS MUCH AS HE LIKES TO SKI, IT WILL PROBABLY BE A CONVERTED SKI BUM.
MICKY
I HOPE IT ISN’T. I NEARLY MARRIED ONE IN RUDOLPH. I CERTAINLY LOVED HIM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE LOVED DRUGS AND ALCOHOL MORE THAN ME. I JUST COULDN’T DEAL WITH THAT THE REST OF MY LIFE. JUST COULD NOT!
MEGYN
UNDERSTOOD. MAYBE IF HE GETS HIS ACT TOGETHER, WHO KNOWS?
MICKY
IT’S OVER. I’VE COME RUNNING BACK AT LEAST 4 TIMES. I FEEL 4 CHANCES IS ENOUGH. HE NEEDS TO GET BETTER AND MOVE ON WITH SOMEONE ELSE. IT ISN’T ME.
MEGYN
SO WILL YOU GO BACK TO IOWA?
MICKY
I MIGHT. I’LL WORRY ABOUT THAT AFTER THE BABY IS BORN. I’LL BREAST FEED THE LITTLE GUY FOR YOU AND MAKE CERTAIN HE IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF. MOM WILL ALSO BE THERE. SHE THINKS IT’S MY BABY AND THAT RUDOLPH AND ME JUST JUMPED OVER THE WEDDING AND
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DECIDED TO START A FAMILY EARLY - SORT OF OUT OF ORDER. I TOLD HER TO RELAX.
MEGYN
MOM DOESN’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT RUDOLPH’S ADDICTION?
MICKY
NO, SHE IS BLIND TO ALL OF THIS. SHE DOESN’T EVEN KNOW THE WEDDING IS OFF. I TOLD HER IT WAS DELAYED AS RUDOLPH WAS SICK AND WOULD BE ILL FOR MONTHS WITH AN INFECTION.
MEGYN
SO DID MOM THINK IT WAS AIDS? MICKY NO, I THINK SHE JUST FEELS THAT I’M OVER 30 AND I’LL RUN MY OWN AFFAIRS FROM NOW ON. I THINK SHE HAS GIVEN UP ON THE CONTROL ISSUE. SHE DOESN’T EVEN KNOW THAT YOU WERE PREGNANT. HAS NO IDEA.
MEGYN
THAT IS HOW I WANT IT. DID YOU SEE THAT PERSON RUNNING BY HERE? LOOKED LOST AND FRIGHTENED.
MICKY
THE SECURITY AND POLICE ARE ARRESTING THIS PERSON. I HEARD THERE MAY BE PROTESTERS. BUT HOW DID THEY DISCOVER THE SURGERY WITH ALL THE SNOW AND EVERYTHING SHUTING DOWN FOR THE NEXT 3 DAYS OR SO.
MEGYN
YOU DON’T THINK IT WAS ANYONE IN VAIL?
MICKY
NO WAY! PEOPLE UP THERE JUST DON’T DO THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY. I THINK IT WAS SOMEONE ON THE SURGICAL OBSTETRIC STAFF THAT SENT A TIP TO THE COLORADO RIGHT TO LIFE.
MEGYN
I DON’T GET IT. WE ARE PRESERVING LIFE. I REALIZED YOU ARE DIFFERENT THOUGH YOU’RE MY IDENTICAL TWIN.
MICKY
OH MY GOD, THERE ARE NOW OTHER PROTESTERS. WHAT ARE THEY DOING BACK HERE IN PREOP?
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MEGYN
THE SURGICAL NURSE IS INFORMING THEM THAT THE PROCEDURE IS ON IDENTICAL TWINS, THE STEM CELLS ARE FROM YOU BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN NO RADIATION OR CHEMOTHERAPY, AND THAT EVERYTHING IS COOL WITH THE CHURCH. SHE SAYS THEY ARE ALL FOR EMBRYONIC ADOPTION, BUT THE STEM CELL ASSIST IS NOT IN LINE WITH THE PURE CHRISTIAN VIEWS OF THE FAR RIGHT PROTESTERS. THEY WANT TO STOP THE PROCEDURE BECAUSE THEY FEEL IT WILL LEAD TO TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF VALUES RELATING TO MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE.
MICKY
OH I GET IT! MOM AND DAD WOULD FEEL WHAT WE ARE DOING LEADS TO A SLIPPERY SLOPE WITH EVERYONE HAVING IN VITRO TRANSPLANTS OF BABIES BEING PREDETERMINED GENETICALLY - WORKING AROUND GOD’S NATURAL WAYS.
MEGYN
I GET IT, BUT RELAX. IF THEY WERE IN THE POSITION I’M IN, THE PROTESTERS WOULD BACK OFF.
MICKY
NO THEY ARE UNBELIEVABLY RELENTLESS. NOW THEY ARE STORMING THE OR. MY GOD THEY ARE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE PREOP AREA. DOZENS OF THESE PEOPLE, MANY WITH ROSARIES AND PRAYER BOOKS.
MEGYN
AND HERE COMES A GROUP OF SWAT GUYS WITH TEAR GAS. THEY’RE MOVING US UP TO THE OBSTETRIC AREA. THEY WILL DO THE TRANSPLANT IN THE OBSTETRIC AREA WITH THE TWO C SECTION ROOMS. SEE YOU UP THERE! I LOVE YOU. THEY SAY I’M INDUCED IN A COUPLE MINUTES AS PLANNED.
MICKY
THE NURSE SAYS THAT SHE THINKS IT IS THE PA THAT WORKS FOR THE INFERTILITY SPECIALIST THAT SPILLED THE BEANS. THE PA IS ON A MISSION TO DESTROY ANYONE AND ANYTHING OUTSIDE STRICT CHURCH BIBLICAL DOCTRINE.
MEGYN
I’M BEING TRANSFERRED UPSTAIRS NOW. SEE YOU IN THE NEXT LIFE.
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MICKY
I’M FADING FAST. I KNOW I’VE BEEN GIVEN A SEDATIVE. REMEMBER WHEN YOU STOLE MY DOLLS AND HID THEM?
MEGYN
YES I DO. I’M FEELING THE PAIN OF THIS INJECTION. BRADLEY, DID YOU GET THE FORMS COMPLETED? SEE YOU IN HEAVEN! FADE OUT: FADE IN: INT. OBSTETRICAL SURGICAL SUITES WHERE BOTH MEGYN AND MICKY HAVE BEEN MOVED TO AVOID THE PROTESTERS AND MEDIA. INFERTILITY GYNECOLOGIST DR. ROSEN AND PA SMITHFIELD ARE SCRUBBING AT THE SINK DISCUSSING THE DELICATE NATURE OF REMOVING MEGYN’S UTERUS AND IMPLANTING AMIDST THE STEM CELLS. A VASCULAR SURGEON IS STANDING BY TO CONNECT UTERINE VESSELS FROM MEGYN TO MICKY’S UTERUS. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR AS MEDICAL HISTORY IS OCCURRING AMIDST THE BLINDING SNOWSTORM OUTSIDE.
PA SMITHFIELD
MY GOD WHO WOULD HAVE ENVISIONED THIS MAJOR DISRUPTION. MAKES YOU THINK SOMEONE TIPPED OFF ONE OF THE PROTESTERS.
DR. ROSEN
I’D HAVE THE TIPSTER’S NECK IF WE COULD EVER FIND HIM OR HER. IT MUST BE SOMEONE FROM OUR OFFICE, AS THE HOSPITAL HAD VERY LIMITED INFORMATION. ALL THE OR KNEW WAS THAT IT WAS MEDICAL TRANSPLANT RESEARCH WHICH WE DO ALL THE TIME WITH OUR TRANSPLANT PROGRAMS, FELLOWS, AND ANCILLARY STAFF. THIS PROGRAM HAS WORKED FOR YEARS AND I JUST DON’T SEE TRANSPLANT STAFF TIPPING OFF THE MEDIA.
PA SMITHFIELD
I DON’T EITHER. BUT DON’T YOU WONDER - ARE WE REALLY DOING THE RIGHT SURGERY OR PROCEDURE IN GOD’S EYES?
DR. ROSEN
I’M NOT HEARING YOU SAY THAT SMITHFIELD - WITH ALL THE TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE’VE MADE TOGETHER WITH IN VITRO FERTILIZATION.
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PA SMITHFIELD
BUT LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE OUT THERE. THERE ARE HUNDREDS WHO DISAGREE WITH OUR METHODS. THEY FEEL IT’S NOT GOD’S WAY; IT IS UNNATURAL AND NOT MEANT TO BE.
DR. ROSEN
LOOK, MICKY SIMPSON IS DYING. SHE CANNOT DELIVER THIS CHILD THEY HAVE CONCEIVED. YES IT IS RARE THAT THIS COMES UP, BUT MY GOSH FINISHING THE PREGNANCY IN HER TWIN SISTER MICKY MAKES MORE SENSE THAN ALLOWING THIS BABY TO DIE. MOST OF THE CATHOLIC THEOLOGIANS IN THE UNITED STATES AGREE WITH EMBRYONIC ADOPTION. YES - FERTILIZED EGGS OF ANOTHER IMPLANTED INTO A FOREIGN UTERUS - SOMEONE ELSE’S FAMILY WITHIN YOURSELF. OTHERWISE THESE POTENTIAL KIDS WILL JUST DIE.
PA SMITHFIELD
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE GENETIC TESTING OF THESE IN VITRO EARLY BABIES - LIKE CHROMOSOME STUDIES ON THE FIFTH DAY – AT BLASTOCYST STAGE?
DR. ROSEN
GENETIC TESTING HAS LED TO IMPLANTATION AND CARRYING TO TERM UP TO 80% OF FERTILIZED EMBRYONIC TRANSPLANTS. THE ABNORMAL GENETIC TESTS ON THE OTHER FERTILIZED EGGS NOT IMPLANTED WOULD MOST LIKELY NOT BE VIABLE.
PA SMITHFIELD
YOU ARE PLAYING GOD DR. ROSEN. YOU ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN HITLER SELECTING ARIANS. I’M ALL FOR ASSISTING BABIES BECOMING LIVE BIRTHS, BUT I’M CERTAIN GOD DIDN’T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN MIND. THE CLASSICAL JESUIT TEACHING IS THAT THE ETHICAL QUESTIONS THAT SURROUND THIS SUBJECT JUST KEEP COMING. AND AVOIDING THESE PROCEDURES DOESN’T ALLOW THE ETHICAL QUESTIONS AND PRE SELECTION PROCESS TO OCCUR. YOU DON’T GET TO THE ETHICS IF ONE JUST AVOIDS THESE HEN HOUSE APPROACHES IN HUMANS.
DR. ROSEN
IN OTHER WORDS THE 5 YEAR OLD BIRTHDAY PARTY I JUST ATTENDED LAST WEEK FROM AN EARLY EMBRYONIC ADOPTION WAS NOT ETHICALLY CORRECT?
PA SMITHFIELD
YES. I UNDERSTAND IT IS SOMEWHAT CONTROVERSIAL, BUT IF YOU DIDN’T EVEN HAVE YOUR HEN HOUSE WITH FERTILIZED EGGS IN THE BACK ROOM OF OUR CLINIC, WE 8
WOULD NEVER GET TO THE COMPLEX ETHICAL QUESTIONS IMPOSED BY WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY. DO YOU REALLY THINK GOD INTENDED US TO TRANSPLANT AN EMBRYO INTO SOMEONE ELSE WITH A VASCULAR SURGEON ASSISTING AND STEM CELLS PROMOTING PLACENTAL GROWTH WITH PERIOPERATIVE HORMONES GENETICALLY MANUFACTURED THEMSELVES BY STEM CELLS?
DR. ROSEN
YES I DO. SO MY BROTHER WHO HAD A ROBOTIC PROSTHETIC UNNATURAL AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT FROM AN INHERITED GENETIC BICUSPID VALVE DEFECT SHOULD FLAT OUT DIE? DO WE ONLY USE HERBS AND NATURAL REMEDIES ON FRACTURED BONES AND HOPE THEY HEAL AT ALL - LET ALONE AT FUNNY ANGLES WITH MAJOR DEFORMITIES AND CHRONIC PAIN? DO WE ALLOW BABIES TO NOT GET IMMUNIZED SO THEY DIE FROM WHOOPING COUGH? IT IS ENDLESS. WHY DOES EVERYONE WANT TO PICK ON FERTILITY?
PA SMITHFIELD
FERTILITY IS AT THE CORE OF OUR VERY EXISTENCE. GOD HAS GIVEN US THE UNQUALIFIED RIGHT TO PROCREATE NATURALLY BEFORE HIM. WE CANNOT DISRUPT THE PROCESS BY GENETIC TESTING AND THEN SELECT WHO IS TO LIVE AND DIE, NO DIFFERENT THAN GENGHIS KHAN, HITLER, STALIN, OR HIROHITO.
DR. ROSEN
WAS IT YOU THAT TIPPED OFF THESE PROTESTERS?
PA SMITHFIELD
YES IT WAS AND I’M PROUD OF IT. WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE TODAY MAY BE MEDICALLY REVOLUTIONARY AND INNOVATIVE, BUT IT’S NOT GOD’S WAY.
DR. ROSEN
I’M NOT ONLY GOING TO CITE YOU FOR HIPPA PRIVACY VIOLATIONS, BUT I WILL MAKE CERTAIN YOU WILL NEVER PRACTICE AT THIS OR ANY OTHER INSTITUTION AGAIN.
PA SMITHFIELD
GOOD! I’M OUT OF HERE! ENJOY COMMITTING THIS CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY AND GOD WITH THIS BARBAROUS SURGICAL PROCEDURE!
DR. ROSEN
SMITHFIELD: CONSIDER YOURSELF FIRED FROM THIS HOSPITAL. YOU ARE FINISHED HERE.
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PA SMITHFIELD
I’LL SUE YOU AND ALL PARTIES INVOLVED WITH THE FETAL TRANSPLANT.
DR. ROSEN
ANOTHER CASE OF THE BAD GUY, PA SMITHFIELD, ATTEMPTING TO WIN OVER THE GOOD GUYS, OUR TRANSPLANT TEAM. BOTH MEGYN AND MICKY ARE ASLEEP I PRESUME.
ANESTHESIOLOGIST
YES - THEY ARE BOTH STABLE ON ULTANE 50% WITH A BALANCED ANESTHETIC. SPINAL NARCOTICS HAVE BEEN GIVEN. VASCULAR GUYS ARE SCRUBBING. STEM CELLS ARE IN THE ROOM. ANTIBIOTICS ARE IN. POSITION IS LITHOTOMY*. ROBOTS ARE IN PLACE TO ASSIST. ALL SYSTEMS GO. * A PATIENT’S TYPICAL POSITION DURING CHILDBIRTH FADE OUT: FADE IN: INT. OUTSIDE BRADLEY SIMPSON, MEGYN’S HUSBAND, TRIES TO CALM THE RIGHT TO LIFE CROWD WITH A SMALL SPEECH, BUT FINDS HIMSELF A VICTIM OF RESIDUAL TEAR GAS AND ROCKS BEING THROWN AT HIM. HE MAKES HIS WAY TO THE WAITING AREA WHERE HE ENCOUNTERS POLICE AND SECURITY PERSONNEL ESCORTING THOSE WHO HAD MADE THEIR WAY INTO THE SURGICAL AREA.
PA SMITHFIELD
SO YOU ARE THE GUY! THE SPOILED DOCTOR IN VAIL WHO WOULDN’T ALLOW GOD’S WAY. SEE WHAT YOU HAVE CAUSED?
BRADLEY
I DON’T KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT IF YOU WERE IN MY SITUATION, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE ACTED DIFFERENTLY. YOUR WIFE WOULD HAVE RECEIVED TREATMENT.
PA SMITHFIELD
NO MY WIFE WOULD NOT HAVE RECEIVED ANY GENETIC OR HIGH TECH EMBRYONIC INTERVENTIONS.
BRADLEY
I FIND IT VERY INTRIGUING WHEN ONE IMPARTS THEIR OWN VALUES ONTO OTHERS AS IF WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH. USUALLY WHEN ONE DOES THIS, THE CIRCUMSTANCES FIT THEM FOR THE MOMENT. PUT 10
ON SOMEONE ELSE’S SHOES AND ONE MAY NOT HOLD THESE VALUES SO DEARLY.
PA SMITHFIELD
THERE IS ONLY ONE VALUE SYSTEM AND IT IS GOD’S LAW.
BRADLEY
PLEASE LEAVE US ALONE. MY WIFE IS DYING. ALL WE WANT IS ONE CHILD.
PA SMITHFIELD
YOU ARE UNDESERVING IN GOD’S EYES UNLESS YOUR WIFE CARRIES AND DELIVERS TO FULL TERM HER OWN INFANT.
BRADLEY
THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT. YOUR MISSION HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. LEAVE US TO OURSELVES.
PA SMITHFIELD
WE WILL MEET AGAIN IN ANOTHER WORLD - GOD’S HEREAFTER. UNLESS YOU REPENT, YOU WILL CARRY SIN TO THE NEXT LIFE.
BRADLEY
ALL I CAN SAY TO YOU PA SMITHFIELD AS I’M READING YOUR NAME TAG, IS THAT DARWIN WAS WRONG! INT. WAITING ROOM AREA
DR. ROSEN
WE ARE COMPLETING THE FINAL STAGES OF THE PROCEDURE. THE ROBOTICS REALLY HELPED VISUALIZATION AND ESPECIALLY WITH TIME AND THE AMOUNT OF PAIN YOUR WIFE AND HER SISTER EXPERIENCED DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE TRANSPLANTED PLACENTA WITH PART OF THE UTERUS INTACT WAS EASILY ATTACHED INTO THE SIDEWALL OF MICKY’S UTERUS - NOT DISSIMILAR TO A CARDIAC VINEBERG PROCEDURE OF THE EARLY 60S WHEN AN ARTERY WAS SEWN INTO THE HEART PAST THE OBSTRUCTION. THE STEM CELL TRANSPLANT WENT EXCEPTIONALLY WELL ALSO.
BRADLEY
I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH DR. ROSEN.
DR. ROSEN
ONLY DOING MY JOB. UNFORTUNATELY WE MADE ALL THE MAJOR NEWS NETWORKS. I’LL COVER YOUR NAME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IN A COUPLE DAYS THE PROTESTS AND THE FIRST EVER FETAL TRANSPLANT PROCEDURE 11
WILL JUST PASS OVER. WE’VE LEARNED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT FROM THIS PROCEDURE WHICH WILL HELP MANY FURTHER PATIENTS IN SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES. WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASSIST THE YOU AND YOUR WIFE IN YOUR DESIRE TO HAVE A CHILD
ANESTHESIOLOGIST
DOCTOR ROSEN PLEASE COME BACK TO THE OR QUICKLY. MEGYN SIMPSON HAS JUST CODED AND WE CANNOT RESUSCITATE HER. THE FAMILY AND MEGYN HAVE A DNR ORDER ON THE CHART WHICH INCLUDES SURGICAL CODES.
DR. ROSEN
I’M SORRY BRADLEY. REALLY VERY SORRY. YOUR WIFE WAS A PART OF MEDICAL HISTORY TODAY. SHE’S A VERY GOOD PERSON AND PATIENT.
BRADLEY
I JUST NEED TO BE ALONE RIGHT NOW.
END - VAIL XV
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