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...thought she was probably carrying seven fetuses. She and her husband--devout Christians, Nigerian-born U.S. citizens--refused to abort any of them. "I wasn't even going to give it a second thought," she said last week as she was dismissed from St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston. God had blessed her, she explained, and she declared her babies "unique...
...before you arrive at the metaphysical questions, you face the medical ones. Chukwu, who miscarried triplets earlier in 1998, was treated this time with injectable fertility drugs called gonadotropins at a Houston clinic. Such drugs stimulate the follicles to mature in preparation to release eggs. The woman is monitored, and if a large number of follicles mature, most doctors advise her to cancel the cycle in order to avoid multiple births. Canceling the cycle is simple; either by withholding a second drug that stimulates the follicles to release eggs or, if the eggs are released anyway, by avoiding sexual relations...
When Starr talks about Bill Clinton, a hint of envy creeps into his voice, and his words betray a lifelong preoccupation with resume, intellect and reputation. As a young man fresh out of Sam Houston High School in San Antonio, Texas, Starr spent two years at Harding College in Arkansas and eventually came to realize that he and this charismatic Clinton fellow had moved along the same track to Washington--except that Clinton was always ahead. Clinton was at Georgetown when Starr was at George Washington University; Clinton was a Senate aide when Starr was a House aide; Clinton landed...
Chijindu Chukwu, the smallest of eight children born to a Houston woman, died of heart and lung failure Sunday night. Odera, as she was nicknamed, was pronounced dead at 3:23 a.m. CT. The other seven babies are still listed in critical condition. The hospital reported that Odera?s condition began to deteriorate on Saturday afternoon, after doctors moved her from a conventional ventilator to an oscillator in an attempt to improve her blood oxygenation...
AILING. BILL BLASS, 76, fashion designer; following a mild stroke; in Houston...