Chapter 14
"There's no treatment plan?" Addison is starting to hyperventilate.
"No, there isn't."
"You can't operate?"
"No. I can't." Amelia is trying to make this as clear as possible.
"You can't operate or no one can operate?" Addison is still standing in the doorway of the CT tech room. She's calmed down a little, but not enough to be considered calm. Tears are streaming down her face.
"I can't. I doubt anyone would. The mortality rate of this surgery…" Amelia doesn't want to tell her that ninety-eight percent of the people that have the surgery don't make it.
"What about the mortality rate?" Addison pushes Amelia to finish her sentence.
"Only a handful of people have survived the surgery. Less than two percent of patients survive." Amelia is still staring at the floor and Addison is still standing in the doorway, but now she has started crying. She falls to the floor on her knees with her head in her hands. "Addie…" Amelia is trying to be comforting without crying.
"There's no one out there that can do this?" Addison looks up at Amelia after a few minutes of crying.
"There's one person in the world that can do this."
"Derek." They say in unison.
Okay, so this one is really short, but another chapter will be coming VERY soon. I will try to get it up within a few hours. Please remember I am not a medical genius as of yet, so things might not be perfectly accurate. Bare with me, here.