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Mary Catherine
Mary Catherine canceled her bridge game and rushed to Columbia- Presbyterian Hospital at her sister Kay’s urging. Jane had taken a turn for the worse and had been whisked into surgery. What began as influenza turned into terminal hepatitis requiring a liver transplant. Initially Jane showed excellent progress until a few days later her body began to reject the organ. She became jaundiced, spiked a fever, and began hemorrhaging.
Heart pounding, fearing the worse, Mary Catherine raced through the hospital corridors, her heels echoing behind her. She found Kay in the surgery anteroom wringing her hands. Kay had been crying, her skin beneath her eyes puffy and blotched. Tears streamed down her face when she saw Mary Catherine.
Mary Catherine hugged her. “I got here as soo
