That frightened me immediately.
Daniel asked:
“How bad?”
She looked at both of us.
“The disease has progressed despite the current treatment.”
Daniel started asking questions before she finished.
Another trial?
Different hospital?
Experimental medication?
Could they repeat radiation?
Was there a specialist elsewhere?
Dr. Shaw answered each one carefully.
There were possibilities for symptom management.
There were conversations they could have.
But she eventually said what neither of us could escape.
“We need to begin thinking about what Caleb wants his time to look like.”
I stared at the floor.
Not how much time.
What the time should look like.
That distinction told me everything.
