Dr. Phlox had to break the news to T'Pol and Malcolm. "It appears that because of your unique DNA, including Mr. Reed's genetic predispositions to certain diseases, your daughter Madeline will have an excellent chance to survive, despite the lack of care that Paxton showed . . ."
Any other comment that the good doctor had was forestalled by Malcolm fainting. T'Pol was made of tougher 'stuff' and merely said, "Indeed."
Thus was an early episode from the life of Doctor Madeline T'Lin Reed, renowned mathematician and experimental poet.