How to Win the Surgeon's Heart by Tina Beckett

Author:Tina Beckett
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-04-12T15:22:11+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

ART JAMES WAS Sasha’s uncle?

Hell, he should have realized the second he heard the last name.

Sasha sank onto the stool beside the man, just like she had when talking to Merriam Blankenship. But there were none of the smiles or compassion. There was just confusion.

“How could you not tell us you were coming here for tests? We had no idea. At least Mom never mentioned it.”

“I didn’t tell her. I wanted to see if treatment worked. If it does, it will buy me more time. Years maybe.”

She swallowed. “You shouldn’t be going through this alone.”

Art had said he wasn’t married and had no children. He’d made it sound like he didn’t have any close relatives at all, which was another reason the name didn’t click. Then again, Nate and his parents weren’t close, so maybe they were estranged. But Sasha didn’t act like they were.

“I don’t want your mother to know. Not yet. She’s been through enough. But I would have had to tell you. They said this form can be inherited. In a gene. Maybe your dad—”

“Let’s worry about that later. Right now, I want to concentrate on you.” She turned to Nate. “When does he start treatment?”

Art answered. “I do an infusion tomorrow. They said they want to knock this thing back on its ass.” He grinned. “Well, they didn’t quite use that language.”

“I imagine they didn’t.”

Nate smiled. “We’re going to use melphalan and dexamethasone. Hopefully we can achieve remission, and he’ll start to feel better.”

There was no cure for amyloidosis, but if they could slow the rate that amyloids were deposited in the tissues, the body could heal some of the damage done. Patients sometimes lived fairly normal lives for years to come.

“That’s why I’m here, today. To make sure everything looks good for the infusion tomorrow.”

Nate leaned closer to Art. “Now that she’s here, can I share what we’re looking at? I’m pretty sure she’ll want to know. And there’s no more hiding it at this point, since you can’t make yourself invisible.”

“Are you sure about that?” Art chuckled, then got serious again. “Tell her what you told me about the gene test we did. About the fifty percent chance.”

“Let’s deal with you, first.” He softened his response with a smile.

Normally they worried about the inherited form of amyloidosis in children of the patient. But Art had no children. Although Sasha had also said her dad died of a heart attack. Due to undiagnosed amyloidosis?

Hell. He hoped not. His chest contracted at the thought. But he needed to concentrate on this patient right now. They could deal with those other questions later.

Nate sat down with them and went over the particulars. What he could expect from treatment. Some of the side effects he might face from the chemo drug.

“How long will he be here?”

Sasha’s question wasn’t unexpected, but there wasn’t a simple answer. “We’ll want to keep him overnight after his infusion so we can monitor his immediate reaction to it. Then we’ll send him home.

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