Chapter 14: Permanent Job

Lyrek-

After taking Andrew and Veronica to the ICU, I left them alone to give them a break for a bit. I stepped in occasionally, to run a post-op on Andrew, which he continued to pass with excellence. It still bugged me that I didn’t know if he was given the drug or the saline.

Until I ran more tests, I was flying blind on if this would work long enough for me to find a way to resect the tumor. I felt inspired enough to try, now I needed to find a way in and out without killing him, or worse. The more time I spent with her little brother, the more I wanted to save him.

Not just because my wife wanted me to, but because I wanted to do it. With everything he is going through, he still held a light in him that was rare among children. Seeing the way he interacted with others, one couldn’t help but feel happy just to be around him.

We had spent hours together in the OR and the entire time he kept himself in check. I hadn’t been blind to the fact he was scared. What I noticed more than any