Nigel sat behind our attorney.
And across the room, my mother stared at the floor.
The investigation had uncovered evidence of a deeply unethical research program.
The Lumen Project had operated through a network of private organizations, medical consultants, and hospital administrators.
Several families had been offered misleading promises about experimental treatments.
Important consent and safety documentation had been incomplete or falsified.
Serious complications had not been properly reported.
And financial arrangements had created incentives that should never have influenced decisions about children's medical care.
The evidence concerning my own injury was especially devastating.
The playground incident had been deliberately encouraged.
The hospital procedure afterward had been unauthorized.
And the damage to my sight had been concealed beneath an explanation blaming only the fall.
Investigators were pursuing criminal and civil proceedings against those responsible.
Some participants had died.
Others were cooperating.
Several had denied wrongdoing.
The legal process would take time.
