Callum’s Hospital Secret
She climbed into his lap and demanded a bedtime story with a dragon, three librarians, and a sandwich that could talk.
He made one up on the spot, with a plot so ridiculous that I had to leave the room to stop laughing.
Later, I realized something had shifted.
We no longer measured every evening by how little fear we managed to show.
We made room for all of it, then lived around it.
PART 21
By early summer, Callum had begun assisting with a limited educational project approved by his care team and the hospital.
From home, on days he felt able, he helped junior physicians review case studies and prepare for exams.