“I noticed too.”

“I still don’t trust him completely.”

“You don’t have to decide that today.”

At home that evening, Mason asked if Hope’s operation had made her all better.

I explained that surgery was one part of her care and that we would keep learning what she needed.

He seemed disappointed that there wasn’t a single magic fix.

“I can still bring the giraffe?” he asked.

“When the hospital says it’s okay.”