Chapter 460 Generational Relic
For a long time, Courtney sat there chatting with Scott, telling him about her volunteer work on the battlefield and her study tour experience during these past five years. For his sake, she left out most of the dangerous bits and embellished most of the interesting ones.
As evening approached, a nurse came around with dinner.
“Oh—is it dinner time already? It’s so late.” Courtney glanced down at her watch before letting out an embarrassed chuckle. “I’m so talkative these days.”
Placing the meal on the mobile hospital table, the nurse pushed it up to the bed before asking with familiarity, “Did you know each other previously, Dr. Hunter and Mr. Duncan?”
Before Courtney could speak, Scott nodded. “We’ve known each other for a long time. She was nearly my granddaughter-in-law.”
“Granddaughter-in-law?” The nurse pepped up instantly. “Really?”
“Of course I am.” Scott sounded somewhat lamenting as he muttered, “What would be the point in joking with you about this?”
With a thrilled look on her face, the nurse dashed off after leaving him with his meal, no doubt about to gossip with her coworkers.
Although Courtney was somewhat exasperated, now was hardly the time to be chasing after random nurses to offer unneeded explanations. Ultimately, Scott was telling the truth, so she simply decided to leave matters be. “Go on and eat, then. Hospital food is very ordinary.” She passed a fork and a spoon to him as she teased, “It will taste worse once it’s cold, and then you’ll have even more of an excuse not to eat.”
Sheepishly, Scott admitted, “I’m so old I don’t care much about what I eat. I just don’t wish to remain in the hospital.”
“Well, you have to see a doctor when you’re sick. No one would send you to a hospital if you were healthy, would they?”
“This illness of mine is the same no matter where I have it. They only had to prescribe me some medication to take at home; why throw a fuss about it?”
“It’s not a good habit to try and act brave in front of your doctor.” Courtney then pushed a bowl of soup up to him. “Have some soup to moisten your throat.”
and commented, “You haven’t eaten yet, though. You
primary care physician now. Hospital regulations require me to watch you finish your
such a
“Of course!”
mood due to Courtney, Scott ate much more than he usually did, surprising the nurse who came to
eating and I imagine your shift
shift today,” Courtney clarified with a small smile before continuing,
“Go on.”
“Won’t you consider surgery?”
generally recommended conservative treatment for the elderly, Courtney had read through both his case
need to have a cardiac surgeon by his side 24/7 in case of emergencies if he didn’t have a bypass surgery as soon as possible even if he continued to take medication. Even then, the odds of him being able to live
the surgery, Scott froze
lot of things you couldn’t let go of and that you wouldn’t agree to the surgery because you were afraid the risk would be so great you
Scott seemingly didn’t care about his condition as he pressed, “What about
a pause, Courtney nodded. “I’ve seen him
look, Scott continued, “Did he
a chance encounter, so we simply chatted for a bit before
all those years ago, and it would be inappropriate for her to reveal
as if he was disappointed by
a family yet, has he?
that, Scott sighed wistfully. “I’m old. There are some things I can’t
while Courtney didn’t understand what he
assist at the desk outside. However, before she could clock out from her day shift, a
Duncan from VIP Ward 1 told me to bring this to
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