
Staring up at the hospital’s white ceiling, the glare of the fluorescent light stung my eyes until a gentle heat gathered behind them. The words I had just heard were too heavy to absorb. It felt as if the ground beneath me had suddenly fallen away.

Staring up at the hospital’s white ceiling, the glare of the fluorescent light stung my eyes until a gentle heat gathered behind them. The words I had just heard were too heavy to absorb. It felt as if the ground beneath me had suddenly fallen away.