Word: danae
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...toxic effects, scientists point to possible complications involving the immune system. In a healthy individual, natural CD4 plays a regular role in fighting disease. It is unclear whether a flood of synthetic CD4 will interfere with that process. Another concern was raised by AIDS Researcher William Haseltine, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, at the Fourth International Conference on AIDS in Stockholm last June. Haseltine suggested that an influx of CD4 could itself trigger an immune response in as many as 10% of those receiving the drug, causing them to develop antibodies against their own T-4 cells...
Hurried and hushed negotiations commence. Mary Lou huddles with Sandy and Joyce to discuss logistical changes involved in meeting Josh's request. Dylan will have to return early. Dana too. Within ten minutes, it's settled. Sandy and Joyce will make the round-trip drive on Sunday. Josh will be at practice...
...They were divorced when Josh was six. Sandy Maisel, 42, is a professor of government who recently finished one year of teaching at Harvard. Usually Sandy teaches at Colby College in Waterville, where Josh was raised. Sandy took over full-time custody of Josh and his older sister Dana, now 16, after the divorce. On certain weekends and selected holidays, Josh and Dana spend time with their mother, who runs a management-consulting business in southern Maine...
...years of the divorce, Sandy remarried, and Josh's family grew by two. His stepmother is Joyce McPhetres Maisel, 31, a college counselor who, like Sandy, was divorced. She has a nine-year-old son, Dylan McPhetres. The new family structure can get confusing. Dylan calls his stepfather "Sandy." Dana and Josh call him "Dad" and their stepmother "Joyce." Bouncing back and forth can trip Dylan up. "Sometimes I call my dad 'Josh' because I'm used to saying his name," says Dylan. "Once I called my stepmother 'Mom' and I also called Sandy 'Dad' once. It is really difficult...
...Friday afternoon, Josh's mix-and-match family is in the bleachers at Belmont High watching him play basketball. Sandy shouts loudly at each play Josh makes. Joyce arrives from work at half time. Mary Lou sits with Dana a short distance away. That night she'll drive the kids two hours north for a planned three-day holiday weekend; Dylan will be dropped off in Kennebunk, Me., to spend time with his father. A different parent will bring all three children back to Belmont. Parenthood in the late 20th century: love and logistics and chagrin...