The teenage daughter of a university professor suffers a kidney injury in an auto accident. Thousands of miles separates 19-year-old Jenny Webb from those she needs most. Jenny has a hermorrhaging kidney and a baby on the way, but her father feels only outrage, and her boy friend does not dig marriage.

Sorenson, a student (Michael Burns) makes an apparently unprovoked attack on a psychology professor. When the boy's behavior continues to be a problem, Dr. Gannon(Chad Everett) suspects the student has a physical problem which is manifesting itself in an emotional upset. Lloyd Bochner also is featured as the professor.