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 of them could come up

agreed: in this kind of situation, there was just no treatment

you all anyway. I appreciate you taking the time," Calliope said sincerely,

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

do now is make him as

all you

offered a few

life and death to know these things happened. Sometimes, you just had

that she could at least help Hudson with the pain. Some patients didn't even have that. There were cases where people died

hospital, Calliope called Lance. She explained the situation to him in a calm,

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

baths that might help a bit, slow things down,

Lance said. "My brother's been saying he wants to go home anyway.

hold and take him back, let him spend whatever time he has left at home.

agreed. “Lance,