Page 124 of Never Stop
I shrugged. “We don’t know anything yet.”
She nodded and took a seat next to Stan. “I can’t believe she didn’t tell me again.”
“Let’s not start this shit again. Brooke doesn’t tell anyone the bad. I didn’t know last time until right before,” Bailee affirmed.
I looked at the clock on the wall next to the TV. “I think they have a few more hours to go. Why don’t you two go get something to eat or some coffee?” They agreed and left, returning just as Dr. Simon walked through the double doors.
I stood and moved toward him. “Doc…”
“Brooke is doing well.”
I breathed a sigh of relief. My dad placed his hand on my shoulder and gave it a squeeze, reminding me I wasn’t alone for this.
“Let’s have a seat.” He gestured for me to sit in the seat that was near the double doors and my heart stopped. This wasn’t a good sign. “For all intents and purposes, the surgery went well. I was able to go in and remove a lot of the tumor, but it was touching three of her ribs and part of her right lung, too.”
“Her lung?” I asked.
“Yes, I had to completely remove three of her ribs and parts of two more.” He was indicating on his body the area where the ribs were that he removed. It appeared to be the ones near her collarbone. “The tumor is wrapped around the T1 nerve that we talked about. I didn’t cut the nerve as Brooke instructed, but it does need to come out. If we don’t remove all of the tumor, I’m certain it will tighten around the nerve and grow against other parts of her chest.”
I heard my group suck in their breaths and a few gasps. “What does that mean?” my dad asked.
Dr. Simon looked to him and then back at me. “She’ll lose her arm if we don’t stop it from growing.”
