Journal of a Last Hurrah by Angelica Kate

Author:Angelica Kate
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Cancer, Identical Twins, Doctor Patient Romance, Romance and Love, Tragic Love, Love Triangles
Publisher: Angelica Kate
Published: 2021-01-03T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 7

Talia tried to keep the bile from rising. The news this morning was far from what they had hoped for. Scarlett was gripping her hand with white knuckles; no words were needed. The news on a scale of one to ten, with ten being the worst possible, was a two hundred.

“So, this final test on Scarlett, what does it entail?” She tried to hold the emotion back and stoically gather the needed information to formulate their next step.

“We will need to do a localized scan and then biopsy her lymph nodes, and we need to determine the extent that the liver is engaged. Also,” Zane spoke slowly, sitting in a chair on eye level with her, “we need you to agree to a spinal tap—which can be painful—and a full lab panel. If everything looks favorable, we can try the protocol. As I explained, this is highly experimental, so some risk and legal issues are to be considered. First, however, we need to determine if you are a candidate,” he reached out and squeezed Scarlett’s hand. She watched his face and realized that the action had taken him a bit off guard as he gently pulled the hand back to himself.

She glanced over at his mother and saw the senior Dr. Michaels had a puzzled look on her face taking in the scene.

“Okay, when do we need to let you know...”

“No, I’m good...if you are,” Scarlett interrupted her, staring her in the face. “I want to know sooner rather than later.”

“We can schedule it for the morning, as you can’t eat for 12 hours. As we can process all the data on-site, we expect to have the final answers by mid-week.”

Talia felt ready to lose her breakfast. It was the news she had always feared and thought she had been prepared to hear. Unfortunately, her heart had taken the news especially hard. There were no further conventional methods to help her sister. The cancer was spreading throughout her body. She wasn’t even eligible for the two clinical trials they had hoped to qualify for due to the aggressive nature of her illness. The protocol they discussed was new, experimental, and had little or no chance of success, but it was all there was. Besides, it would help them learn more for the next patient. Helping others was all Scarlett had left at this stage, and it had remained important to her.

“Do you have any questions?” Dr. Michaels asked gently. She had remained silent throughout Zane’s explanation.

“No, I think we have it,” Scarlett said steadily. She was scared yet had not wavered in her resolve, a fact tearing at Talia more than screaming would have accomplished. Scarlett sat up as if to dismiss the doctors, and Talia slowly stood following her lead.

“You will let us know when you have everything scheduled?”

“I will personally come by this morning with the details once we have everything worked out?” Zane said, reaching out a hand to cup Talia’s elbow. “If you need anything, the staff knows how to reach me.

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