A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

"Is there really nothing else we can do?" Calliope still sounded a little unwilling to

give up.

"I'm afraid not," someone replied. "From what you've described, using acupuncture to help with the pain and buy some time is already the best we can do. At this point, he shouldn't be focused on surviving, but on how to be comfortable."

"Yeah, with how bad things are, the pain alone could be enough to do him in."

"Exactly. If he can be made comfortable, maybe he'll last a little longer."

"I'm sorry, Callie, but we honestly don't have any better solutions."

"Callie, is the patient someone close to you?"

"We're all doctors here. We know how it goes. If there really was a way to help, we'd all do whatever it took."

"Yeah, we would. But sometimes there's just nothing more to be done."

talked through every option, but none of

situation, there was just no

time," Calliope said

to thank us. It's what we're here for. Sorry we couldn't be of

now is make him as comfortable

all you

few more

sad, but she'd seen enough life and death to

the pain. Some patients didn't even have that. There were cases where people died simply because the pain was too

the hospital, Calliope called Lance. She explained the situation

sounded more composed than ever. He didn't rage or get upset. He just asked quietly "Callie, you can help with the pain, right? You can

there are some herbal remedies and warm baths that might

saying he wants

and take him back, let him spend whatever time he has left at home. If you're there, you can help him with the

agreed.