<div class="floatleft"><div align="center">(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/cdc1/04s7432n614occi4g.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Chloe Dawson<br/>  ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾  </span></span></div></div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… they finish bandaging her and I hold her hand as they wheel her to the recovery room … hook her IV up to a saline drip and take vitals … then leave us …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “So here’s what happens next. What they removed goes two places. One is two the lab where they’re going to grow your womb and vagina and labia and all that. They’ll rework the tissue to a mold and then treat that with genetic catalysts to stimulate stem cell growth and then tease that into the rest of the shape needed. They’re guessing 16 months though it could be as short as 6 months. That’s what they’ll transplant back into you once it’s all developed.”<br/><br/>  “The other parts go to the lab where they’ll extract and preserve your sperm. Just like they do for in vitro fertilization and all that. And beginning this month when I have my period, they’ll go through the routine of finding and preserving my eggs. Once we know your transplant has succeeded and you have shown that you can be stimulated to have a period, they’ll go through the IVF just as they would normally for infertility. And when the blastocyst is ready after two or three days, they’ll transfer that to your new womb using a flexible instrument that shouldn’t do more than tickle.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… sit there and hold her hand … she knows she’s weak from the surgery and she’s resting the way Huguette has taught her to accelerate healing … a nurse comes in to check on her … asks me to buzz her when Kimmie is ready to dry to walk … stay with her lightly via Insight and another part of my brain works on the latest challenges in my own research … a bit later, she starts to come back to consciousness …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “They want to get you up and walking. After that learning how to urinate again. Both are important. Walking will reduce swelling and the longer you wait to pee the more painful that will be. Oh, you need to sit down from now on because you’ll spray instead of whiz.” #<em>Giggle</em></span></span>