Chapter 44

I looked at his slightly red ears and didn't call him out. That night at 10 PM, the evaluation files of the three volunteer donors and two signed consent forms entered the transplant center's system, pending the ethics review board's approval. The transplant team held a video consultation overnight, going through the surgical plan from start to finish. Ultimately, the surgery was scheduled for next Wednesday morning. The attending doctor explained the plan point by point to my mother, and...