Epilogue
A week later, Nick had been
removed from all tubes and monitors and
moved out of ICU and into a private room.
Dr. Fergeson had run many tests on him, and they all showed that his
body was accepting the new liver.
Nick’s appearance, as well as his spirits, had increased
greatly. His complexion looked vibrant
and healthy for the first time in months, not the pale, sallow color it had
been before. He was still very thin,
but he had regained some of his strength.
Brian and AJ had told him what had happened with Mandy, and it
hurt him, but he had gotten over it. He
had known from the start that all her sympathy and affection toward him could
be fake, and he was right. He was
finished with Mandy for good. All he
wanted now was to get out of the hospital and go home.
He knew that wouldn’t happen for awhile though. He would need to be in the hospital longer,
just to be sure that his liver really was functioning the way it should. But he didn’t really care. He felt good once again, and he had his life
back. That was all that mattered.
Nick longed to thank the person who had given him the liver. He had been told that the donor was a
twenty-year-old guy from Orlando as well, who had died in a car accident. He wished the identity of the man was not
such a secret, for he wanted so much to call his family, to thank them for
their incredible gift. Because of their
generosity, even in their time of grief, he had been given new life. He knew this time, he would not waste it.
The End
