When Nothing Is Impossible by Elena Pita

Author:Elena Pita [Pita, Elena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bubok Publishing, S.L.
Published: 2018-05-31T00:00:00+00:00

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She received the results that afternoon: there is an uptake (that is, abnormal glucose absorption, which denotes cancerous tissue) near to the same place where the tumor was previously removed along with the entire lobe as a means of preventing the spread of malignant cells scattered around the area, previously treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Diego can’t understand the report, and he requests Carmen’s husband to immediately send him the images of the CAT scan. Once Diego has the images he provides his feedback instantly. It is 5 o’clock in the afternoon in Ourense, and 2 a.m. in Japan, yet Diego answers a Skype call from Carmen and her husband at the same time as he opens the email with the CAT scan images. Right away, he establishes calm: he is nearly sure it is a false positive. “But I have to see the images from before the operation (which are in his office in A Coruña) and compare the two.” In addition, these new images cannot be seen clearly on his cell phone, and he isn’t able to draw conclusions. Still, he manages to calm the patient down: either it’s a false positive (which normally happens due to inflammation and leftovers from anti-coagulants that are left in the internal wound) or it is an unprecedented case. He sets her up for a visit with his team at the UCTMI in A Coruña. He will see her there as soon as he returns (in one month). The oncological team serving Carmen follows the surgeon’s exact instructions and repeats the test three months later. In the meantime, they advise her to try to breathe normally. Carmen keeps on trusting Diego, and that night she is able to sleep like the calm after the storm.

At the prescribed time, six months after the operation, Carmen undergoes a new CAT scan which gives the results predicted by the surgeon: the uptake had reduced to half of its size, and the shadows of the metastasis in the liver (which has also erroneously thrown off the test) has disappeared. He concludes —much to their assurance and joy— that it was a false positive and the surgical recovery would continue its normal course. Carmen is revived for a second time. Diego is the hero, and Carmen can continue to take baby steps, without making too much noise, lest she awaken the shadow of the terrifying Rusca.

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