<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>… with a sandwich and sparkling water in my stomach, I return in time to find an orderly rolling lunch into Kimmie …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “Kimmie dear, lunch is here . let’s try to sit you up a little.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… knowing she’s bandaged quite thoroughly down below, we don’t want any stress on her abdominal muscles … rest my hand oh her as we let the bed tilt her up a nurse is standing at the door, watching approvingly …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “Lunch is liquids and jello Kimmie. Here, let’s see if the broth is cool enough for you.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… the orderly leaves us and I help Kimmie get the broth down and then some juice and jello … the nurse comes n with a small container of soft serve ice cream … explains that the sugar will be good for her too … after my mostly vegan diet, I’m not so sure but I don’t argue with the nurse … instead get dessert into Kimmie …<br/><br/>… after this, the nurse says it’s time to get Kimmie up … stand back while two nurses teach her how use her arms to push herself into a sitting position with her feet over the side without putting stress on her abdomen … something I’ve been doing at home more and more as Isis changes how my weight is distributed … sitting is enough for this time … they empty the catheter bag … then back to bed … she’s exhausted …<br/><br/>… the next week is a routine of helping her get around and soon enough we’re able to join the group in the cafeteria … next day the bandages are replaced and sutures inspected … the Foley is removed … and she learns some more how to pee like a girl … <br/><br/>… her blood counts are excellent … no signs of tissue rejection … so we take a deep … withy me and Kimmie both observing in bunny suits, the sisters extract her sperm  from the freezer and drop it into 4 Petri dishes with four of the 8 eggs I had donated … we both watch as the dishes are placed into the incubator … temperature and pressure controlled … and we all know her sperm are closing on the ovum … Kimmie and I are tuned in Insight … I reach higher … in Foresight with a balance of Hindsight … sense something … something … then  …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “The second, please. That is viable and please prepare to implant it. There is no rush,”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… something I detected in Foresight … maybe Kimmie detected it too … I don’t know …  what it is or was I don’t know … I do know Isis sparkle  to confirm … <br/><br/>… we return to our apartment  … I prepare some juice for us … Isis seems to tell me what her body needs and I surrender to that except when we seem to discuss how her needs balance mine … a discussion at the cellular level … oh to write a book about how a pregnant mother should do nutrition … yet until now no mother was aware at the level that Isis and I live regularly … cellular and very occasionally mental and spiritual … deliver the vegetable juice to Kimmie …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “We conceived today. Halfway. When enough cells are part of the conception, then they’ll implant her in your new womb. Four weeks and perhaps sooner.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… my attention turns to the sisterhood and brotherhood … I have a very long trip coming up …  Japan and Malaysia and New Zealand …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “I’m leaving again tomorrow Kimmie. 10 days this time. You recover more. Isis is ready to get to know her sister and we will have a whole bunch of together time after this trip.”</span></span><br/>