Viki and Andrew stood by Megan as her life was slipping away.

Although her health continued to falter, Megan Harrison was determined not to let lupus destroy her life. In the hospital, she befriended fellow lupus patient Margaret (�Marty�) Saybrooke�a beautiful, wealthy and very unhappy young woman. There, Megan offered Marty the friendship she so desperately coveted.

When Megan suffered kidney failure, Viki bravely donated one of hers. The transplant, however, did not take. Megan was dying. Clint joined Viki in a valiant effort to keep Megan alive until Jake could be located in Jaba and brought back to Llanview. Viki, Clint, along with the rest of the Buchanan�s and Max Holden, sat by Megan�s bedside and told her glorious tales about the times of their lives.

Andrew made a daring journey to Jaba to rescue Jake. In the process, the kindhearted minister of the church was forced to shoot and kill Jake�s captor, the evil General Gaza. As the General fell to the ground, mortally wounded, he pulled out a knife and stabbed Andrew in the side. Hiding his bleeding injury from Jake, the two men made their escape, rushing back to Llanview.

Jake and Megan shared several bittersweet hours together. He carried her to the window, where she peered out onto the hospital lawn. There, with glimmering paper valentines hanging from its branches, was their transplanted wedding tree. Megan�s face radiated with one last smile as she passed away in her beloved Jake�s arms.