{"id":7574,"date":"2026-10-28T20:24:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T20:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextstoryus.com\/?p=7574"},"modified":"2026-10-28T20:24:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T20:24:01","slug":"part-2-at-80-my-belly-grew-so-huge-that-the-doctors-were","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextstoryus.com\/?p=7574","title":{"rendered":"PART 2-At 80, My Belly Grew So Huge That the Doctors Were &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel took the envelope and drove straight back to the hospital. When he entered my room, I immediately noticed the expression on his face. He looked as if he had seen a ghost. \u201cMom,\u201d he whispered, \u201cDad had another child.\u201d I closed my eyes. \u201cI know.\u201d Daniel froze. \u201cYou knew?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fpnh11-2.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/848774094_122126978829257929_7841948712370503687_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_tt6&amp;cstp=mx512x640&amp;ctp=s512x640&amp;_nc_cat=108&amp;_nc_map=urlgen_bucketless&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=127cfc&amp;_nc_ohc=YV45mcpCQjgQ7kNvwG9UbCf&amp;_nc_oc=AdqbgF7mODbuE3JHMDRnwL_xUhY6dLKBif_AfqnVrubyZ4Nl1WFsjPeO5KnNIANV83U&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fpnh11-2.fna&amp;_nc_gid=DZmVvec87e30UXs1GzfnZQ&amp;_nc_ss=7b2a8&amp;oh=00_AQQDJkr6nD8vhiLXp7T5IEmG0hAD5UkuFrs7j9eBPaphGA&amp;oe=6AE81FA6\" alt=\"No photo description available.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI suspected. Your father told me about Eleanor shortly before he died. He said there had been a child, but he never told me whether the child was alive or where he was.\u201d \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you tell us?\u201d \u201cBecause your father begged me not to. He said the situation was complicated and that revealing the truth could hurt people who had done nothing wrong.\u201d Daniel paced the room. \u201cAnd now there\u2019s a medical document with your name connected to the same secret.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He placed the envelope on my blanket. I read the letter slowly. By the time I reached the final paragraph, my eyes were full of tears. \u201cSamuel,\u201d I whispered. Daniel turned toward me. \u201cYou know him?\u201d \u201cI remember the name.\u201d I looked at my son.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cTwelve<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">years<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">ago,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">after<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">your<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">father<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">died,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">doctor<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">contacted<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">said<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Robert<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">left<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">instructions<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">medical<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">consultation.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">thought<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">related<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">your<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">father\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">illness.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cWhat<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">happened?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cHe<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">asked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">attend<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">an<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">appointment.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">went<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">once,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">but<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">overwhelmed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">by<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">grief.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">said<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">there<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">were<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">some<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">old<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">records<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">needed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">reviewing.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">told<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">him<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">couldn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">bear<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">discuss<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">anything<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">about<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">past.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cDid<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">examine<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cNo.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">gave<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">sealed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">folder<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">told<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">keep<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">somewhere<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">safe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">My<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">breath<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">caught.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cI<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">put<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">bottom<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">drawer<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Robert\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">desk.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">haven\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">thought<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">about<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">since.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Daniel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stared<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cMom,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">where<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">folder<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">now?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cI<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">don\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">know.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">envelope<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cThen<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">need<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">find<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">But<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">before<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">could<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">move,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hospital<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">door<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">opened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">doctor<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">who<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">performed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">examination<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stepped<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">inside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">holding<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tablet<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">thick<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">file.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cMrs.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Margaret,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">said,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cwe\u2019ve<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">received<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">some<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">preliminary<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">results.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">need<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">speak<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">with<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">your<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">son.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Daniel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">immediately<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">turned<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">toward<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cIs<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">pregnancy?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cNo,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">replied<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">firmly.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cWe<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">do<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">have<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">evidence<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">pregnancy.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Your<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mother\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">imaging<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">shows<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">substantial<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">abdominal<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mass,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">need<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">further<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">specialist<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">assessment<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">determine<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">its<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">nature.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">paused.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cThere<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">another<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">issue.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">During<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">review<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">history,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">found<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">reference<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">previous<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">medical<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">consultation<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">may<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">be<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">relevant.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">records<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">are<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">incomplete,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">but<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">they<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mention<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">doctor<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">named<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Samuel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Whitmore.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Daniel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">went<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">pale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cYou<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">know<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">him?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cI<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">don\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">know<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">him<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">personally.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">But<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">name<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">appears<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">old<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">paperwork.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">placed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">file<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">on<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">table.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cThere\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">also<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">note<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">indicating<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">your<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mother<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">supposed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">receive<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">follow-up<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">examination<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">years<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">ago.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">felt<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tears<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">sliding<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">down<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">cheeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cI<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">never<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">went<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">doctor<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">softened<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">voice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cMrs.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Margaret,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">cannot<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">change<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">what<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">happened<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">past.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">But<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">can<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">investigate<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">what<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">happening<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">now.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Our<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">immediate<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">priority<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">your<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">health.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Daniel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">took<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">For<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">first<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">time<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">day,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">felt<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">were<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">standing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">on<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">same<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">side<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mystery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">But<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">greatest<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">shock<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">still<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">waiting<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">next<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">morning,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Daniel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">located<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Dr.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Samuel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Whitmore<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">through<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">contact<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">information<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hospital<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">records.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">retired,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">but<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">agreed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">meet<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">us<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">his<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">When<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">arrived,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">an<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">elderly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">man<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">opened<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">door.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">several<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">seconds<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">without<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">speaking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">his<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">eyes<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">filled<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">with<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tears.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cMargaret,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">whispered.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cI<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wondered<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">whether<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">would<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">ever<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">come.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Daniel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stepped<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cDoctor,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">need<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">answers.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">My<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">father<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">left<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">letter,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">believe<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">know<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">what<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">happened<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">twelve<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">years<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">ago.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Samuel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">envelope<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Daniel\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">His<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">face<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">became<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">solemn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cThen<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Robert<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">finally<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">told<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cTold<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">us<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">what?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Daniel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">demanded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">doctor<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">invited<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">us<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">inside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">sat<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">across<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">from<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">us<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">small<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">living<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">room<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">filled<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">with<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">books,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">photographs,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">medical<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">journals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">For<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">long<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">time,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">studied<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">his<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">spoke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cYour<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">husband<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">came<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">because<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">discovered<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">someone<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">from<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">his<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">past<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">been<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">searching<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">him.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">That<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">person<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">his<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">biological<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">son.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Daniel\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">jaw<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tightened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cWe<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">already<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">know<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Samuel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">nodded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cBut<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">there<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">something<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Robert<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">did<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">understand.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">young<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">man<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">been<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">adopted<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">as<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">baby,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">his<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">adoption<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">records<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">contained<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">information<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">been<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">incorrectly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">recorded.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">discovery<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">led<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">an<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">investigation<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">into<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">several<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">old<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hospital<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">files.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">leaned<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cWhat<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">does<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">this<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">have<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">do<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">with<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Samuel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">directly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cYour<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">husband<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">believed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">investigation<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">would<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">end<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">with<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">discovery<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">his<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">son.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">But<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">while<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">reviewing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">old<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">records,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">found<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">something<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">else.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">opened<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">drawer<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">removed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">thin<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">folder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Inside<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">were<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">photocopies<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">medical<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">forms,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">handwritten<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">notes,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">faded<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">photograph.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Samuel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">placed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">photograph<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">front<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">It<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">showed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">much<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">younger<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Robert<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">standing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">outside<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Beside<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">him<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Eleanor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">And<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Eleanor\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">arms<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">newborn<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">baby.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">But<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">there<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">another<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">person<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">photograph.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">A<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">nurse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stared<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">face.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">recognized<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">been<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">nurse<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">during<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hospital<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stay<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">more<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">than<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">fifty<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">years<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">earlier,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">shortly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">before<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Daniel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">born.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cWhy<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">there?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">whispered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Samuel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">folded<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">his<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cBecause<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hospital<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">where<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Eleanor<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">gave<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">birth<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">same<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hospital<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">where<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">delivered<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">your<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">first<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">child.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">felt<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">chill<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">move<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">through<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cThat<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">impossible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cI\u2019m<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">afraid<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">isn\u2019t.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">explained<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">decades<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">earlier,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">clerical<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">error<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">been<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">discovered<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">group<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">maternity<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">records.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Several<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">patient<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">files<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">been<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mixed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">together,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hospital<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">quietly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tried<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">reconstruct<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">events<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">from<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">incomplete<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">documents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Robert<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">been<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">searching<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Eleanor\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">child<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">when<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">learned<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">error<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">might<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">have<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">affected<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">more<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">than<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">one<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">contacted<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Samuel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">because<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wanted<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">an<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">independent<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">medical<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">review.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">old<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">records<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">were<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">incomplete,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">nobody<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">been<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">able<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">establish<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">precisely<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">what<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">happened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Samuel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">with<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">deep<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">sadness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cYour<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">husband<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">afraid<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">truth<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">might<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">affect<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">way<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">remembered<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">birth<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">your<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">children.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wanted<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">be<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">certain<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">before<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">told<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">anything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">began<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tremble.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cAre<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">saying<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">one<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">children<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">isn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mine?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cNo,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Samuel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">answered<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">quickly.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cI\u2019m<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">saying<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">old<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">records<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">raised<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">questions<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">about<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">identification<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">newborns.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">They<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">did<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">prove<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">any<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">child<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">been<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">switched.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">That<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">precisely<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">why<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">further<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">investigation<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">necessary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Daniel<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stood<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cThen<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">why<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">did<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Dad<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">never<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tell<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">us?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cBecause<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">died<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">before<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">review<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">completed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Samuel<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">turned<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">toward<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cAnd<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">because<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">knew<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">one<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">unresolved<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">medical<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">question<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">could<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">destroy<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">family<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">if<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">people<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xqcmdr3 xga94yi xskzprw xa3vuyk xg6skn9 xvo38ju\" data-d-streaming-word=\"\">treated<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">suspicion<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">as<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">fact.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">down<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">photograph.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Robert<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">spent<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">his<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">final<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">days<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">trying<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">uncover<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">truth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">And<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">died<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">without<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">knowing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">whether<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">succeeded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">But<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">still<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">one<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">question.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cWhat<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">does<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">this<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">have<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">do<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">with<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">belly?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Samuel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hesitated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cI<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">cannot<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tell<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">what<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">causing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">your<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">current<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">condition.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">That<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">must<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">be<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">determined<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">by<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">your<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">medical<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">team.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">But<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">can<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tell<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Robert<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">asked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">preserve<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">records<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">because<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">believed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">family<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">might<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">one<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">day<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">need<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">removed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">another<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">document<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">from<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">folder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">It<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">contained<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">list<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">names.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">My<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Robert\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Eleanor\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">And<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Daniel\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Beside<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Daniel\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">name<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">note<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">written<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Robert\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">handwriting:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"xt0psk2 x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x15eiy0f x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x14rh7hd x1k4tb9n xdj266r\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Do<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">assume.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Confirm<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">everything.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Daniel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">read<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">silently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cMom,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">need<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">find<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">out<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">truth.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">because<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">want<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">accuse<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">anyone,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">but<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">because<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Dad<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">spent<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">last<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">days<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">his<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">life<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">trying<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">protect<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">us<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">from<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mystery<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">couldn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">solve.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">nodded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">For<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">first<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">time<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">years,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">felt<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">ready<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">face<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">past.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">We<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">returned<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hospital,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">where<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">doctors<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">continued<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">investigating<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mass<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">abdomen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tests<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">were<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">difficult,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">waiting<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">worse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">frightened<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">diagnosis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">frightened<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">old<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">records.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">And<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">frightened<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">life<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">remembered<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">might<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">be<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">whole<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">But<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Daniel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stayed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">beside<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">held<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hand<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">during<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">every<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">examination<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">brought<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tea<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">when<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">couldn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">sleep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">One<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">afternoon,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">after<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">another<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">round<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tests,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">specialist<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">sat<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">down<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">beside<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">bed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cWe\u2019ve<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">learned<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">more<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">about<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mass,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">said.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cWe<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">still<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">need<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">complete<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">assessment,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">but<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">have<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">ruled<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">out<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">possibility<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">this<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">pregnancy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">closed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">eyes<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">with<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">relief<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">exhaustion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">For<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">months,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wondered<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">whether<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">something<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">impossible<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">happening<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">inside<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Now<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">knew<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">answer<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">medical,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">miraculous.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">But<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">doctor<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">finished.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cYour<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">case<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">requires<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">careful<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">follow-up.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">We\u2019ll<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">explain<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">findings<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">treatment<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">options<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">once<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">full<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">results<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">are<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">available.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">We<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">also<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">recommend<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">bring<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">any<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">old<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">medical<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">records<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">can<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">locate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">promised<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">would.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">That<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">evening,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Daniel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">returned<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">house<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">searched<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">every<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">drawer<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Robert\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">study.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">found<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">missing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">folder<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">beneath<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stack<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">old<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">insurance<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">documents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Inside<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">letter<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">from<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">husband,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">dated<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">just<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">two<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">days<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">before<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">his<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Daniel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">brought<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">recognized<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Robert\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">handwriting<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"xt0psk2 x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x15eiy0f x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x14rh7hd x1k4tb9n xdj266r\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">My<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">darling<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Margaret,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"xt0psk2 x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x15eiy0f x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x14rh7hd x1k4tb9n xdj266r\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">If<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">truth<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">ever<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">uncovered,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">want<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">remember<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">one<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">thing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"xt0psk2 x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x15eiy0f x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x14rh7hd x1k4tb9n xdj266r\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Nothing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">happened<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">before<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">met<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">could<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">change<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">love<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">have<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"xt0psk2 x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x15eiy0f x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x14rh7hd x1k4tb9n xdj266r\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Nothing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">discovered<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">an<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">old<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hospital<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">record<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">could<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">erase<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">years<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">spent<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">raising<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">our<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">children.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"xt0psk2 x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x15eiy0f x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x14rh7hd x1k4tb9n xdj266r\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">And<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">nothing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">about<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">past<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">should<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">be<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">decided<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">by<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">fear.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"xt0psk2 x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x15eiy0f x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x14rh7hd x1k4tb9n xdj266r\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">If<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">our<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">family<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">must<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">face<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">painful<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">truth,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">let<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">be<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">truth<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">face<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">together.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"xt0psk2 x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x15eiy0f x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x14rh7hd x1k4tb9n xdj266r\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">am<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">sorry<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">did<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">have<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">courage<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tell<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">everything.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"xt0psk2 x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x15eiy0f x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x14rh7hd x1k4tb9n xdj266r\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Please<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">forgive<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">pressed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">letter<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">against<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">chest<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">cried.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">because<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">finally<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">solved<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mystery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">But<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">because,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">after<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">twelve<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">years,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">could<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">finally<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hear<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">husband\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">voice<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">There<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">were<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">still<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">questions<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">answer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">There<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">were<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">still<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">medical<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tests<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">There<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">were<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">still<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">old<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">records<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">needed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">be<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">examined<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">by<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">independent<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">specialists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">And<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">there<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">still<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">possibility<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">truth<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">about<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Eleanor\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">child<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">would<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">change<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">our<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">family\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">understanding<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">its<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">own<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">But<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">no<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">longer<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">felt<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Daniel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">sat<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">beside<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">until<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tears<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stopped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cMom,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">whispered,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cwhatever<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">discover,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you\u2019re<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">still<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mother.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">For<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">fifty-six<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">years,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">watched<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">boy<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">grow<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">into<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">man.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">held<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">him<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">when<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">sick,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">celebrated<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">his<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">achievements,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">worried<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">about<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">him<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">long<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">after<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">children<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">his<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">No<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">old<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">document<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">could<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">erase<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">those<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">memories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">No<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mystery<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">could<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">make<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">them<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">meaningless.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">reached<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">his<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cAnd<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you\u2019re<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">still<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">son,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">kissed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">forehead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">For<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">first<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">time<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">since<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">frightening<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">ultrasound,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">felt<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">little<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">peace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mystery<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">vanished.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">But<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stopped<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">allowing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">control<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">And<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">somewhere<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">inside<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">old<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">blue<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">envelope,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">beneath<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">fear<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">unanswered<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">questions,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">there<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">truth<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">husband<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tried<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">leave<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">us:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"xt0psk2 x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x4gjf66 x15eiy0f x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1s688f x14rh7hd xdj266r\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">A<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">family<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">destroyed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">by<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">questions<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">asks.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">It<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">destroyed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">when<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">fear<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">makes<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">its<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">members<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stop<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">trusting<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">one<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">another.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">eighty<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">years<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">old.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">My<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">body<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">facing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">frightening<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">medical<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">challenge,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">family<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">confronting<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">past<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">none<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">us<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">fully<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">understood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">did<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">know<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">exactly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">what<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">doctors<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">would<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">discover<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">next.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">did<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">know<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">whether<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">old<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hospital<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">records<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">would<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">ever<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">provide<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">definitive<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">answer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">But<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">knew<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">one<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">thing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">with<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">absolute<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">certainty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">spent<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">twelve<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">years<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">protecting<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">secret<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">because<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">believed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">truth<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">might<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">destroy<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">people<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">loved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Now<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">understood<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">love<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">did<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">require<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">carry<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">every<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">burden<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">And<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">as<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Daniel<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">sat<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">beside<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hospital<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">bed,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">holding<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">blue<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">envelope<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">one<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hand<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hand<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">other,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">realized<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">most<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">important<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">discovery<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hidden<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">an<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">ultrasound<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">image<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">or<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">an<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">old<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">medical<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">file.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">It<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">simple<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">fact<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">even<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">after<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">fifty-six<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">years,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mother<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">son<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">could<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">still<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">choose<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">trust<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">each<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><em><strong><span class=\"xt0psk2 x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x4gjf66 x15eiy0f x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1s688f x14rh7hd xdj266r\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-inline=\"\">THE\u00a0END.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel took the envelope and drove straight back to the hospital. When he entered my room, I immediately noticed the expression on his face. 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