Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page147 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cMy dad was a doctor you know,\u201d says Hayley, as she turns to greet the visitors, \u201che wasn\u2019t a marine, he didn\u2019t deserve to die.\u201d<\/p>\n Walker doesn\u2019t know what to say. Her training has prepared her for discussing death. With adults. She\u2019s done that a few times over the years, compassionately consoling bereaved families, but she\u2019s never before had to have a conversation about death with an eight year old.<\/p>\n AuntSylvie has. She\u2019s done it a few times. She knows Hayley\u2019s story, because she\u2019s been through it a number of times before. The best thing Walker can do is stay calm, let AuntSylvie manage the dialogue, add in a sympathetic smile from time to time, and a demur \u201cyes\u201d or \u201cI know\u201d or \u201cuh huh\u201d when the youngster is looking for reassurance.<\/p>\n Commander Wilde was Sylvie\u2019s younger brother, so even though everybody at the Noble Coliseum calls her \u201cAuntie\u201d or \u201cAuntSylvie\u201d, she is Hayley\u2019s authentic aunt.<\/p>\n In a very pragmatic, mature, matter of fact voice, Hayley continues. She doesn\u2019t sound like the average eight year old.<\/p>\n \u201cMy grandfather was a marine. And my great grandfather too. He was the captain of The Celestial Empress<\/em> when they won the Battle of Fflint.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDad didn\u2019t want people to die. He wanted them to live. That\u2019s why he became a doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n A tear begins to well up in Hayley\u2019s eye. AuntSylvie\u2019s too. Walker is one step ahead of them both. She raises a plain, white handkerchief to her face to catch the tears which have already started.<\/p>\n \u201cHe couldn\u2019t save mum though! Mum didn\u2019t have a serious injury. Mum had a serious illness.\u201d<\/p>\n Spontaneously, all three of them allow the tears to flow. AuntSylvie takes Hayley in her arms, and strokes her hair gently. After a few moments to let the highly charged emotions subside a little, she says, \u201cmy mouth\u2019s feeling dry, I need some tea, and a biscuit, who wants a chocolate chip cookie?\u201d<\/p>\n Modern medicine has gone full circle and has returned to its roots. Long gone are the days of commercially available<\/p>\n Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page147 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Previous – Book1 Page147 \u2013 Next \u201cMy dad was a doctor you know,\u201d says Hayley, as she turns to greet the visitors, \u201che wasn\u2019t a marine, he didn\u2019t deserve to die.\u201d Walker doesn\u2019t know what to say. Her training has prepared her for discussing death. With adults. She\u2019s done that a few times over the … Continue reading “Chapter 19 Innovative Technology147”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1562,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561\/revisions\/1562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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