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From: njs@lhdsy2.lahabra.chevron.com (N.J.Spera)
Subject: GH: Update, Wednesday, October 18, 1995
Date: 19 Oct 1995 16:02:18 GMT

				GENERAL HOSPITAL
			  Wednesday, October 18, 1995

Today's Stories		Lots of Little Fibs or Whoppers?
			Losing Control
			Something May Go Wrong
			Heading to The City

Lots of Little Fibs or Whoppers?
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Katybell and Damian return to her apt.  Damian is disconcerted by Katybell's
concern for Stone AND Mac.  He thinks Mac was stupid, Katy thinks Mac was
heroic and has turned away from her cynical ways.  Damian want to know why
Katherine has changed.  Katybell tries to get Damian to leave citing a pile
of correspondence but Damian wants to find out if Katy has been telling him
little fibs or big whoppers.  Seems finding her at the Outback after she had
claimed she didn't want to run into Mac or Felicia has set off alarm bells
in Frank's son's mind.  Katy spins a tale of the fight being over her flirting
with Mac, Filly calling her on it, and then Mac coming to Katy's defense.
She was at the Outback, with no reporter, and decided to mend fences....da,
da, da...  Damian warns Katy he might react very badly should he lose her to
someone like Mac.  Katybell's phone rings as she and Damian are embracing.
He won't let her get it.  As soon as she hears Mac say he's at the hospital
she picks it up.  Mac wants to visit Katy but she pleads other plans.  Mac
figures he'll go see Kevin.  Katy is defensive about Mac and Damian calls her
on it.  When she throws Lucy back at him he questions her intentions towards
Mac and as he leaves warns Katybell to be "very careful."  Later Katherine
is at loose ends.  She calls Mac and get his machine.  She leaves a message
that she's free if he wants to talk.

Losing Control
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Steve cleans Mac's hands with a stronger disinfectant, seems Mac has not
even a hangnail for the virus to take opportunity from but still advises
Mac to have an HIV test in 6 months.  Mac is concerned with Stone and the
reason for the seizure.  At GH Stone is frustrated with the numbness of his
right arm, right leg and the right side of his face.  Alan tries to tell him
that it's residual affects of the seizure and that Alan doesn't know the
immediate cause of Stone's seizure.  It could be one of the medications.
They're running a few tests and when they know something they'll let Stone
know.  As Stone thanks Mac Robin arrives and is upset to hear about Mac
getting Stone's blood all over his hands but Mac tells her to worry about
Stone.  Mac excuses himself.  Stone is frustrated that he can't feel Robin's
hand holding his. Sonny calls Lois to bail out of NY.  (See below) Stone is
ready to give up the fight.  Lois is half in the room as Sonny gives Stone a
moving "Rocky" speech and reminds Stone of all the people in Stone's corner.
Once the "Rocky" speech is over Lois comes all the way in and Stone apologizes
for making her have to replace him and for the $$ spent on his plane ticket.
Lois lets him know he's not replaceable and once he's up and around again his
job will be waiting for him.  Lois keeps is short and she and Sonny walk out
together.  She wonders about the bag of contradictions that is Sonny.  She
wants to think of him as a heartless self-centered rat but then he pulls
something like his Rocky speech and she misses what they used to have.  As
she leaves she starts to ask why he has to bring Lily but stops herself.
Tony comes up to Sonny.  The test results are back and they're bad.  A
microorganism that comes from eating undercooked meat, normally not a threat
unless one is pregnant or has a compromised immune system is attacking Stone.
He's got a small brain tumor.  The litany of symptoms lead to a coma.  There
are some drugs they can treat Stone with but Sonny asks Tony to wait till
morning to tell Stone.

Something May Go Wrong
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Lucy arrives at the lighthouse and enters tentatively, calling to Ryan and
nearly jumps out of her skin when Kevin says hello.  She calls Maia to see
if Maia has made a decision and lo and behold Maia "had just been thinking
of calling Lucy."  She's willing to do the cleansing, no not an exorcism.
She gets Kevin on the line to make sure this is what he wants and then asks
to come over to "get the lay of the land."  Kevin is willing to "try"
anything to get rid of Ryan.  As they wait for Maia, Lucy is frightened but
is sure of what.  When Maia comes she "moves" around and doesn't "sense"
Ryan's presense but does stop where Lucy and Kevin had seen the green blob
and says Ryan "had been" in the lighthouse.  She warns them of the dangers
of the cleansing and wants to make sure they want to break the connection
between Kevin and his brother.  They set an appointment for Friday evening,
as Maia has to gather her "equipment."  Lucy is thrilled that she and Kevin
haven't argued over Maia and that Kevin is exploring the situation with
Maia.  Mac has told Kevin and Lucy about Stone and about the glances he saw
between Alan, Steve and Tony.  He figures there's more to Stone's problem
than just a reaction to the medication.  Kevin suggests Mac stay for dinner,
"Lucy is cooking" and Mac wonders "Duck?"  While Lucy goes off to tear up
more greens for the salad Kevin tells Mac about Maia's visit and that the
"big event" will take place Friday evening.  Lucy sees the two toast and
wonders.  At the lighthouse Lucy is cleaning up in the kitchen, breaking
dishes as Mac and Kevin finalize their plans for Friday night.  Kevin is
concerned but for Mac it's a breeze compared to Norma and Eve.  It will be
"one great big spectacle" if they pull it off.

Heading to The City
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In the afterglow, Ned and Lois revel in their happiness despite all that is
going on around them.  As they talk of The City, Lois recalls her grandparents
winning a jitterbug contest at Birdland.  When Ned offers that he would take
Lois to Birdland if it was still in existence Lois fantasizes that they are,
and are dancing the jitterbug.  Back to reality, Ned figures Lila never went
to Birdland but instead would have frequented formal, intimate supper clubs.
Lois say, ah, like Fred and Ginger, and fantasizes they are Astaire and
Rogers "Dancing Check to Check."  (Nedly is no Fred Astaire but does do a
mean soft shoe..and..SUH-WOON...looks great in tails)  Ned figures their
grandchildren will think of him in his leather pants prompting Lois to promise
Ned that once Miguel is launched she will concentrate on Eddie Maine.  Lois
gets call from Sonny who has arrived at Stone's room.  He tries to bail out
of NY but Stone won't let him.  When Lois asks what happened he puts Robin on
to explain.  Robin apologizes for not calling earlier but Lois isn't concerned
about that.  Lois decides to head to GH to visit Stone on the way to the
airport.  When Ned and Miguel want to go with her she say no, Sonny's there.
She leaves Ned with instructions to bring all her stuff.  Once she's gone Ned
informs Miguel Sonny might be taken care of and tells him about the phone tap.
Miguel is thrilled but is concerned that Ned hasn't told Lois and Brenda about
it, especially since Ned promised not to mess with L&B.  But for Ned, it goes
far beyond L&B.

Till Next Time,

Nancy

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       Nancy J. Spera aka Tangy        #  If I didn't know for a fact that    #
            njs@chevron.com            #  Elvis was working in a donut shop   #
 "Hearts can be mended, lives can't."  #  in Beaver Falls, I'd swear he was   #
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