STELA GOMES
My grandfather received the appropriate treatment, so much so that he was attended to by a cardiac specialist who came especially to take care of him. After the hospitalization and consultation, the doctor told us he needed to undergo a very delicate surgery that could kill him. Yet, if he didn't undergo the procedure, he could die at any time. This news made me desperate.
At this moment, my grandmother and I were outside the room where he was hospitalized while Ivan spoke to him behind closed doors. I still didn't understand what my grandfather wanted to say to Ivan in private or why my grandmother had said we didn't have any more money. How could this have happened? My father left us a good inheritance, and it seemed impossible that the money had already run out since we ne
