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."

the group. They'd talked through every option, but none

this kind of situation, there was

time," Calliope said sincerely, after confirming there really were no

what we're here for. Sorry we couldn't

is make him

That's all

a few more words

felt a little sad, but she'd seen enough life and death to know these things happened. Sometimes,

help Hudson with the pain. Some patients didn't even have that. There were cases

She explained the situation to him in

help with the pain, right? You can make sure these

some herbal remedies and warm baths that might help a bit, slow things down, ease the suffering, maybe give him a little

saying he wants to go home anyway. That's where his

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

agreed. “Lance,