"She is experiencing severe intracranial bleeding caused by an accumulation of blood clots, which is putting pressure on her nerves and causing her to stay unconscious. There’s a high likelihood that she’ll fall into a coma."

"What? A coma?" Ruby paled. She couldn’t accept that her mother, who had been alive and well just hours ago, was going to have to stay in bed for the rest of her life.

"Dr. Alden, can’t you operate on her head?" George pressed.