WE WILL BE WAITING.

Megan changed into the surgery clothes and lay on the bed that the nurses would use to wheel her into the operating room. Her father and Julie were with her. One of the nurses professionally inserted the IV into her forearm and placed an oxygen mask on her face. The medicine immediately began to take effect, and she started to feel as if she wanted to sleep. They slowly began to wheel her toward the operating room. Her father and Julie kept following her till they reached the door, and the nurse who was wheeling her paused.

"You can do this darling. I trust that you will be strong in this and overcome it." Her father held her hand and told her.

"Yes, Megan. Be strong and defeat this sickness. We will be waiting when you are done."

"Thank you, Dad. Thanks, Julie. I will see you soon." Her eyes were drooping and she could barely move her body. It was like she was getting paralyzed. She saw her father speaking, but she could not hear anything, and her eyes eventually closed, making her