Her hand tightly gripped Charles Lee's arm. Though her entire body was trembling, her hand stubbornly held on, as if all her strength was used to clasp the doctor's hand and strangle the throat of fate.
With trembling voice, she asked, word by word, "Doctor, how is my son doing?"
Doctor Lee looked at Emma Smith in front of him. This young mother was also a woman he admired for her perseverance for her son, which was deeply moving.
"Tommy's heart failure caused lung failure, which led to his difficulty in breathing. If it had been discovered later, the consequences would have been unthinkable. Thankfully, it was caught in time!"
Emma listened to the medical terms from Doctor Lee, and when she heard "lung failure," she felt her heart sink to the bottom of the ocean.
"Doctor Lee, you mean..." Emma did not dare to speak out, only looking at Doctor Lee with hope.
