And they’ve not worked a lot sooner than they were hoping they wouldn’t. If that makes any sense.”
Conor shook his head. “No, not to me either, really,” she said.
He saw her smile get tighter, harder for her to hold.
She took in a deep breath, and it ratcheted slightly as it went in, like there was something heavy in her chest.
“Things are going a little faster than I’d hoped, sweetheart,” she said,
and her voice was thick, thick in a way that made Conor’s stomach twist even harder.
He was suddenly glad he hadn’t eaten since breakfast. “But,” his mum said, voice still thick but smiling again.
“There’s one more thing they’re going to try, a medicine that’s had some good results.”
“Why didn’t they try it before?” Conor asked. “Remember all my treatments?” she said.
“Losing my hair and all that throwing up?”
“Of course.” “Well, this is something you take when that hasn’t worked how they wanted it to,” she said.
“It was always a possibility, but they were hoping not to have to use it at all.”
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