Sixty-Eight

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Creed: We had been at her side for two weeks. We have been waiting for her to wake up, but the doctors said she needed to come off the ventilator to breathe independently. “But what if she can’t? Will it be turned on again?” Wyatt asked. “We can turn it on, but the longer she is on it, the harder it will be to wean her off.” The doctor paused, looking at our Macy, still lifeless but still ours. “But… it may be time to think of other options.” His last words were like twisting a hot blade into my side. “It’s only been two weeks!” Cain fought the urge to yell at this man and his absurd ideas. “Yes. But Macy was never able to come off the ventilator after her surgery; she has contracted pneumonia and struggles being weaned off. We could try a tracheostomy. There are other things we c

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