was thick with a terrifying sterility. I held my boys' hands, their small fin

does it

lied, my heart breaking. "Like a mosquito

watch. Scarlett was already in a waiting room do

er with," Julian sa

s. "I love you both so much

figures on oversized gurneys, and

r said the standard donation for a child their size is 200

e ice. "The doctors know what they' re doing

oward Scarlett' s waiting room, leavi

ope was stabilized and had been moved to a luxury recovery suite on the to

" I asked, my

room. Down the hall," she said,

already seeping with blood. There was no dedicated nurse, just a shared monitor beeping slowly. Julian had