Because my hands were shaking.
Daniel was not looking at the screen anymore.
He was looking at Adrian Cole.
Three months earlier, Adrian’s son Mason Cole had been treated on the same floor as Caleb.
Their situations were different.
Mason’s treatment began working.
Caleb’s did not.
One afternoon, Adrian received the kind of news every parent in that building wanted.
The scans were dramatically better.
He walked into the hallway crying.
His wife hugged him.
A nurse hugged them.
Someone laughed.