ext afternoon, the attending physician flipped open Dan
e to be blunt," the doctor said, tapping a red-flagged line on the page. "Y
m of her hospital gown as her h
oes tha
ssive hemorrhage on the table," the doctor said flatly. "And there
ress against her lower abdomen as col
nd grabbed the front of
l her, how dare you s
pried Delmus's fin
ecision belongs to the patient and t
e. Her life and her ability to ever be a mother meant
she stared blankly
ule the procedure fo
ssed in a thin blue-and-white striped surgical gown, Danika sa
e carrying a soaked backpack, rainwater dripping
p half an inch
interview with the dean is t
ed over, and knelt in front of her, wrappin
'm not leaving you to g
squeezed his hands back with
a metal wheelcha
-op. Please come with us to sig
er heading to the gallows, letting the nurse wheel h
e. A nurse handed her a black ballpoint pen and
here, and sign
paper. She stared at the bold print reading risk of permanent infert
eelchair, Delmus gripp
to do this, say the wor
ips as a tear dropped onto t
e a cent to our names. I'll only
wn on her lip, and scribbled her n
al stretch of hallway, stopping in front of heavy metal d
utside," the nurse said, bl
brother a weak, trembling smile before the automatmps sat a narrow metal table draped in sterile green sheets, surrounded by m
and lay flat on her back, the cold metal seepin
side her left arm, holding a large
ath, and count backward from thr
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