There was still uncertainty about the pregnancy and Chloe’s neurological recovery.

Pain control, rest, nutrition, and rehabilitation would matter.

No one could promise that mother and baby would both be fine.

I asked Dr.

Shah whether Chloe might blame herself if the baby did not survive.

She folded her hands and looked at me gently.

“Then she’ll need the people around her to keep saying the truth,” she replied.

“What happened to her was not her fault.”