Mistletoe Miracle

Chapter 60

Chapter 60

Several days slipped by in a blur. Calloway’s surgeries were successful, but the news that he would need a stoma bag hit Serenity like a blow to the chest. It felt as if something inside her cracked open. Knowing her father could no longer rely on his own body to do even its basic functions made the reality of his decline impossible to ignore.

Along with the nephrostomy tubes and the stoma, Calloway’s appetite had dwindled to almost nothing. He couldn’t manage a normal portion of food, and even the smallest bites refused to stay down. Doctors cycled him through medications meant to stimulate an appetite and ease the nausea, but Serenity could see the truth every time she looked at him. Her father was fading. Watching him deteriorate right in front of her was tearing her apart,