Nicole
You know that feeling when the world seems to be falling apart right in front of you and you don't know where to lean on? That sense of despair, of helplessness, of wanting to do everything at once but not being able to do anything? That's how I felt there, beside the big guy, with him clinging to me as if I were the last thing he could hold onto at that moment. I tried to be strong, tried to stay calm, tried to convey security, but inside... inside I was crumbling too. Because it wasn't just his daughter. It was Sophia, our little one. And the fear of losing her was as crushing for me as it was for him.
I needed to do something. I needed, somehow, to help. Then I remembered Dr. Lúcio. A respected, experienced surgeon, and also my patient. I did his post-op after a bad accident,
