Hard to Process
“I was told that all of the patients with CF which [the doctors] dealt with at the hospital, no male had conceived a child,” he said. “After that, I just had that feeling of ringing in my ears after you hit your head really hard. Nothing seemed to sink in.”
Confronting His Ex-Wife
In the hospital parking lot, Richard composed a text to his ex-wife, Kate. He and Kate had been divorced for nearly a decade after what Richard described as a “cold and joyless” marriage, but there were no major problems between them. At least, not until now.