Soon enough the first four children returned to the ward. Jock had already moved on to the next ward he was due to visit.
Another four children were wheeled away. When they returned, another four were taken. This continued until all the children had been taken away, and subsequently returned. It had never happened like this before — all of them being taken away on the same day. They discussed it among themselves and found that none of them had had treatment at all that day, only tests.
The next day the same thing happened, although the tests were different. They didn’t want to get their hopes up. For no one to have treatment was quite unusual though. Maybe, just maybe, their wish had been granted.
On the third and fourth days the children were taken to a different hospital for the same
