Caleb
Micah's six-month post-treatment scan was scheduled for a Thursday morning, and I insisted on attending despite no longer carrying official medical responsibility for his care, unable to fully separate my personal investment from my professional instincts even months after formally stepping back.
Dr. Reyes, the oncologist who'd taken over Micah's care following Dr. Patel's termination, walked us through the imaging results with the careful, methodical thoroughness I recognized and appreciated from my own training, though watching someone else deliver this particular news felt strange after months of being the one responsible for exactly this kind of conversation.
"Everything looks excellent," she said, pulling up the scans for us to review together. "No evidence of active disease.
