A Fathers Instinct

"Acute appendicitis. She needs to undergo surgery immediately." The doctor pulled his mask down.

Whew. Stella felt a weight lifted off her shoulders, and she slowly relaxed. Just appendicitis. Not something terminal. She felt her strength coming back to her.

"Arrange the surgery right away, doctor," said Declan.

A nurse came to them with a consent form, and Stella signed it. Then the nurse took it