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Dr M POV
"No. I'm telling you we should just wait a little bit and see what happens." A doctor said.
"Yes I totally agree with Danika." Another doctor said motioning towards the doctor that had just spoken. "We should wait and see what happens. This is the rarest case I've ever seen. This kind of eye cancer in a teen only happens in 1 of I think 300 people."
I sighed and ran my hand through my already tangled hair.
"Don't I get a say in this?" I asked no one in particular. "After all he is my son."
"Oh yes of course Dr. Martinez. We just want to find the best solution and then you can decide from there." Iggy's main doctor, Dr. Wolfe, said.
I leaned back in my chair. I looked at my wrist watch and saw the time. I had been in this meeting for almost two hours and they still don't know what to do with Iggy. We were all sitting at a very large, circular table. By 'we' I mean Dr. Wolfe, Danika (the eye specialist), Dr. Gunther-Hagen (the main cancer doctor), me, and two other doctors whose names I didn't know.
"David," Dr. Wolfe said motioning to one of the doctors whose names I didn't know, "We need to try to get rid of this cancer. Not keep it in him and use him like a test subject."
I shuddered when she said 'test subject'. It wouldn't be the first time he's been a 'test subject'.
"Where is Iggy right now anyway?" I asked.
"Dr. M, Iggy is in one of the hospital rooms down the hall from the waiting room. The nurses put him on sedatives for right now until we can figure this out. Are you sure you wanted to keep his shirt on? It seems kind of odd."
I nodded and told her, "I'm sure."
Somehow I had to keep these wings secret. When the nurses said he had to change into a hospital dress thing I refused. If his shirt came off then [ our secret ] would be out and I would lose them.
Just then someone walked in with a tray. On the tray were cups of coffee for each of us and sandwiches. I gladly reached for one of each.
"Maybe we could try "it"?" The other doctor said.
"What are you implying Alexander?" Dr. Wolfe asked.
Alexander cleared his throat and told us, "That new prescription we got. It could save Iggy's eyesight. But it could also damage him. Mentally and Physically."
"What?! Why would you want to do that?!" Danika exclaimed.
I looked around. Everyone seemed as confused about this as I did.
Dr. Gunther-Hagen cleared his throat and asked, "Alexander, you don't mean-"
Alexander cut him off. "Yes that's exactly what I mean. If we succeed at this we could be well known in the medical world and we could figure out how to cure eyes cancer for teens! This is the best option."
I blinked twice. What did he just say? They could save Iggy?
"Wait. We do have another option." Dr. Gunther-Hagen announced.
We all turned toward Dr. Gunther-Hagen.
"What other option?" I asked.
"We could surgically remove the cancer all together before it spreads."
"No!" Danika snapped. "No. Just no. We don't need to result to that. We could still save him AFTER a couple tests."
I had no idea what they meant. I just sipped my cooling coffee and listened.
Then David said, "I do believe that is the best option. Removing the cancer all together. It's too risky to do a couple tests while it could be spreading."
"No. We can stop the risk of it spreading if we just use what I wanted to do!" Alexander exclaimed.
Danika seemed to finally snap. She pushed her chair back and stood up. She walked over to Alexander and slammed her hand on the table. "No!" She yelled. "We cannot risk the patient getting hurt!"
David scoffed and also stood up. He walked over to Danika and poked her hard with his pointer finger and said, "Like your way wouldn't get him hurt! You want to do freaking experiments on him! If you haven't noticed Danika, your way could KILL him if it is done the wrong way! Nobody in this whole mother fricking building even knows how to do the kind of surgery!"
Danika look startled for a second then glared at David and took her seat next to me again.
"Okay so I have three options. Experiments, a new kind of medicine, and removing the cancer all together?" I asked.
"Yes." Dr. Gunther-Hagen said.
"Can each person explain what the are going to do?" I asked.
"Of course." Danika said. "You should choose my way because if this succeeds then we can also save future patients who might have this type of cancer. James could have no evidence of cancer and so could others."
"No. Just don't even listen to Danika." Alexander said. "Her way might save people but it could also kill your son. Is that a risk you want to take? One wrong move of a tool could seriously injure him. If you do my way with the medicine then we could possibly make him immune to any other kinds of diseases. He could go back to normal. Continue with sports, get a job, drive a car, and go to college. Anything!"
I looked at Danika. Then to Alexander. Then stared at David waiting for him to go.
David took a sip of his coffee and cleared his throat. He looked at Danika and said, "Don't choose her." Then he looked at Alexander and said. "Or him. Choose me. If you choose Alexander's way you could mentally and physically hurt your son. This medicine is too powerful. I'm pretty sure the rest of us wouldn't want to risk something bad happening. James is a great upcoming man from what I hear. He's intelligent, brave, strong, athletic, creative, ect. If you choose either of those options then all of that could be taken away from him. If you choose to remove it all together then James could become quite a man. Sure he'll have some flaws but he could still accomplish great things."
What do you mean by 'removing the cancer all together'?" I asked.
David shrugged and looked away. I tried to catch someone's eyes but everyone was avoiding eye contact.
After a moment of silence, Dr. Gunther-Hagen finally spoke up. I took a long sip of my cooled coffee and listened.
"By 'removing the eye cancer all together' he means to exterminate the source of the cancer. James has the cancer in his eyes, yes? Usually with eye cancer the source of the cancer is in the eye. Or eyes depending on how bad it gets."
I swallowed my coffee and looked up at Dr. Gunther-Hagen. "So what you're saying is..."
I took another long sip of my coffee.
"We would have to remove James' eyes."
What?!
I spit out all of my coffee in shock. I heard a scream next to me and glanced over.
Danika sat there drenched in my coffee. Oops.
"Oh my gosh I am so sorry Danika!" I exclaimed.
"No worries. It's fine." She reassured me.
I turned back to Dr. Gunther-Hagen and asked, "So Iggy would be blind in one eye?'
"Well yes but no. We would want to take both eyes out just to be safe and make sure the cancer isn't in the right eye too." David said.
Oh...
"So what's it going to be?" Dr. Wolfe asked.
Everyone turned towards me and waited for an answer.
What if Iggy doesn't want to be blind? What if he wants to help other people because that's the kind of selfless person he is? Would it be better if he was immune to all diseases? But what if he gets hurt? I would never be able to live with myself if that happened.
Then I knew what I was going to do.
"I know now. I want what's best for him. He may have some flaws but it could help him in the future. I think- no wait. I know I want the cancer remover completely."
Right after I said that Dr. Wolfe called out, "Prep another hospital bed! Open a surgery room! We've got a teenage boy's cancer to remove."
QOTC: have you ever been to the hospital
AOTC: yes i broke my arm in the second grade
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