Lu behind her desk and Dana sat in front of her "The kids were so young when you left! I can't believe how big they're getting."

"Yeah, well not too soon I hope. Lu, I didn't come down here just to see you and think about old times."

"Dana, what's the matter?"

"It's Louise. She has Alplastic Anemia. She needs a bone marrow transplant pretty quick."

"Does she know?"

"She knows she has something wrong with her, but doesn't know how bad."

"I'll start testing people to find a match.Is Annie a match?"

"No. Neither am I. Are you sure you want to help?"

"Dana, not only am I a doctor whose job is to save people's lives, you are my friend and she is my namesake. Of course I'm sure."

"OK then"

Lu called Lana and Peter into her office.

"What's up Lu?" asked Lana.

"Well it's Louise. She has a disease called Aplastic Anemia. It's where her-"

"Bone marrow doesn't produce enough of all three blood cells she needs-red, white and platelets- and it causes her to be more susceptible to infections and her blood doesn't clot as easily." finished Peter.

"Peter I didn't know you were such an expert," said Lu.

"I've done my research," said Peter.

"So you know how serious it is."

"Yes."

"Would you and Lana be willing to test for a bone marrow match so she can have a transplant?"

"I would," said Peter.

"Well this kid has HIV and now this disease. I will too."

"Ok then," said Lu. "Let's get crackin'."

Lana rolled up her fuzzy sleeve. "I'm ready!"

"Ok," said Lu. " Lana, if you are a match, this will be a very painful procedure. Are you really up for it?"

"Lu, I watched Marc go threw with it and I've already had a hysterectomy. How bad could it be?"

"Ok," Lu said. "What we do is a process called tissue typing or HLA matching, meaning we are checking how many proteins on the surface of the blood cells match. If you are a match, you are a MUD, meaning you are not relates to the recipient. Only 1 in 4 relatives are matches, so that is part of the reason Annie doesn't match."

"Just draw my blood Lu."

"Ok Lana."

Lu took the blood and did the same to Peter. She then took it to the lab herself.

"If the lab is the same as they were when I was here, it'll take hours," said Dana.

"I put it under urgent and told them it was very important so it might not take as long."

"Ok."

Lu cleared the rest of the day to spend with her old partner. Most o them could come to Wednesday night clinic. They talked about everything. Marc in college, home in Virginia, Jonas, the kids, Andy. Just to pass the time.

Then the results came in.