Smoke erupted from her delicate nose, feeling the stimulation of nicotine in her brain, Doris involuntarily shed two lines of tears.
In her mind, her mother’s words repeated.
The window period for my father to get an organ transplant is only 20 days.
If no suitable kidney source is found in these twenty days, the father’s physical function will enter the end of the decline.
In that case, his body will be so weak that it can’t even support the surgical anesthetic drugs, let alone undergoing a major organ transplant operation…
This situation is much like some elderly patients with terminal cancer.
In summary: the body is very weak and the condition is very serious.
surgery? The body can’t hold it;
Chemotherapy? The body can’t hold it either.
In the end, there is no alternative but palliative care.
To put it bluntly, it means to give up treatment and use painkillers instead to help patients relieve their pain in the last stage of life.
Doris’s father was only in his fifties. For Doris, she couldn’t accept the death of her father at such a young age.
However, the chance of trying to save her father at the moment is so slim that it makes people desperate.
The cigarette burned out, she unconsciously lit another one, and in her mind, she remembered Walter’s words again.
At the same time, a multiple-choice question popped out subconsciously in her heart.
There are two options for this multiple-choice question.
Option b: Reject Walter and watch Dad pass away.
FAQ Novel
Q: What medical emergency is pressing for a character’s father?
A: A character’s father needs an organ transplant, with only 20 days remaining to find a suitable donor and perform the operation.
Q: What difficult choice is presented to the character?
A: The character is faced with a moral dilemma: accept an offer that could save her father, or reject it and potentially face his passing due to deteriorating health.
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