One Life To Live 3-16-09

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It has not been a good year so far for the children of One Life To Live.  Just in the last few days three of the children had life altering incidents take place however they are coming to show us how strong they really are.

Shane Bossom:  Returning home to get his inhaler with his mom Gigi; almost get into a head on collision with Cole who was returning from the school dance with Matthew who was driving under the influence of narcotics.  Luckily Gigi was able to swerve and miss Cole and Matthew crashing into a tree.  Shane and Gigi both sustained minor cuts and bruises, but Shane went into an asthma attack and was taken to the hospital.  While at the hospital they took their standard tests and sent them both home.  Those tests would later show that Shane has Leukemia.  Scared to death, he is taking the strength of Rex and Gigi and looks to fight this terrible disease.

Meanwhile, Rex and Gigi had Stacy and Roxy tested to be a potential bone marrow match in case Shane would need it.  Stacy over hears Roxy talk about Rex’s dad and follows her to his dad’s hospital room.  Do you think this nasty young lady would do the right thing?  No, she waits till Roxy leaves then goes in to see who Rex’s dad is.

If you think that is bad, Stacy actually is a perfect match for Shane; and she uses that to get what she wants.  A romp in the hay with Rex, and according to sources, Rex will sleep with her to get his son better.  What a horrible thing to do to someone, use their son’s life as a means to get what you want.

Matthew Buchannan:  Matthew was in the car with Cole when the accident happened.  He was already humiliated in front of his classmates, and now ends the night in a life threatening accident.  He was thrown 25 feet out of the car, but is alive.  He goes to the hospital to find out he is permanently paralyzed.  Nora and Bo try to get his hopes high for a recovery but Matthew blames himself for this and is rapidly falling into a depression.  The good thing is, the vertebra was compressed hurting the spinal cord, but it was not broken or severed; which could mean he may walk again.

Cole Thornhart:  Cole was driving the car and managed to get away with minor damage.  He knows about Matthew and is destroyed he hurt his friend.  Nora laced into him giving Cole a taste of reality.  She told him that Matthew looked up to him, and this is how he repaid him.  She also found out it was Cole that smoked the J and allowed Matthew to take the fall for him.  Nora has recently told Cole she will be prosecuting him and Cole was placed under arrest.

Star Manning:  If she hasn’t suffered enough, she has just cost Skyler his job teaching, her dad was arrested for the attempted murder of Blair, her mom Blair is lying in a hospital bed in a medically induced coma; and the doctors won’t update her of her mom’s status.  Then she finds out from Marcie that her baby didn’t die from RH disease.  Now she is wondering what is really going on.  This girl has endured more than any other character these last few months and has proven to be more mature than anyone on the show.  

Brody got out of St. Ann’s and moves into Roxy’s hotel.  She puts him up in the same room where his friend Wes was killed.  Jessica goes with him, and they kiss.  They both agree to be friends, but you can tell in their faces this is not what they want.

Natalie and Jarred put two and two together, realizing Bess went to the hospital and swapped babies.  They know Jessica’s baby that they all fell in love with is really Star’s baby, and now they are contemplating telling someone about it.  They know the truth will destroy Jessica and their family, but its torture for poor Star (Natalie’s niece) that is mourning her baby Hope.  Its a decision nobody would want to have to make.