Lakoda- Day of Kirimith's mating flight (probably early evening)
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Lakoda was feeling pretty good as she arrived at the med center. It 
must have something to do with not having to worry about someone 
second guessing your work, she thought as she walked through the 
front door and waved at the nurse sitting at the front desk doing 
paper work.

"Well good evening Koda," the woman smiled when she saw her. "You're looking
chipper this morning."

"Amazing what a good meal and a nights rest will do for a person," 
Koda winked as she went on by.

She was just heading to the break room for a started cup of coffee 
when D'ssarian the head medical healer at Marrid called out to her.

"Lakoda," he called, "There you are. I've been looking for you."

"What can I do for you?" This morning she was ready for anything. 

"I have a patient I'd like to confer with you on."

Lakoda grinned, "Of course. Lead on."

"Well, she's not here right now. Come in my office and I'll give you 
the history."

Lakoda followed the aging healer into his office and took a seat as 
he closed the door behind them.

"She's a 29 year old woman, with a history of early miscarriages. He 
moved to a file cabinet and searched quickly through them, "She had 
three already. One at 7 weeks, one at 8 weeks and one at 11 weeks."

He handed her the charts with all the tests he'd done. "We've tried 
several different hormone treatments and so far it hasn't been 
effective."

"She wants to get pregnant again?" 

"She is pregnant again. Not very far along, but I'd like to do 
something right away. Before it's too late."

Would there be any chance that I might be able to examine her?" Koda 
asked. "Not to say that you probably haven't done that already." She 
was quick to add, not wanting the healer to think she was doubting 
his work. "But sometimes a fresh eye can spot things that someone 
familiar with the case may have missed."

D'ssarian smiled was one of understanding. The look he gave her told
her he didn't take offense to her request. "Well under the 
circumstances I'm sure it could be arranged. In fact, I'd appreciate 
the second opinion, for I'm all out of answers. I've tried everything 
I could think off." 

He noticed her flinch at his use of the words *second opinion*  and laughed.
"Relax. You're not at Falagand any longer. I'm the one 
*asking* for your help."

"Old habits," Koda half smiled. "Are sometimes hard to forget."

"Yes well, be assured I've had no complaints about your work here. 
Point in case Shep Swordson. The young man's well on his way to full
recovery, and he has you to thank. You and that little red bulb of 
yours."

"Which I wouldn't have even know about if someone at Falagand hadn't 
of mixed up the dried Tejas flakes with the herbal tea bowl," she 
admitted, a bemused expression on her face. "You should have seen 
the med center that day with everyone falling asleep..."

She changed back to the original topic, "How soon do you think 
you'll be able to set it up for me to see this woman?" 

"I'll make the arrangement's as soon as I can," he returned. "The 
sooner you look at her, the better I'll feel. If you could come up 
with anything, anything at all that'll help... She just can't lose 
this baby. Not with everything else she's going through." he sighed, 
his eyes moved to look out the window, but Koda got the feeling he 
wasn't seeing anything out there. 

Her eyes went to the top of the chart to find the name of the patient.
Something she over looked before.  Waylene! The Warrenlady? No wonder
D'ssarian was so concerned.

"I'll do everything I can to help," she promised the man, and meant 
it. After Waylene had given her a second chance with no questions 
asked. Lakoda felt she owed her. "I'll get started right away by going 
over your notes. After I take a look at her, I'll let you know if I 
come up with anything." 

"Thank you."
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(Somewhere in the Warren....)

"No!!! It couldn't be true! Not now! Not after everything I've had to 
go through to drive a wedge between them. 

"He's mine!!" the woman thought heatedly when she heard the news. 
"She can't have him back. Not when I finally have the chance I've 
been planning for all this time. That bitch isn't going to ruin it 
for me. He should have been mine and would have been if she hadn't 
of come to the Warren. Baby or no baby...the woman gave an evil 
laugh, I'll have him yet!

******Submitted by: ********

Barbara (a.k.a.=
Lakoda & Ribbon
Marrid Warren