Chapter 338 Really Got Cancer?
"She has liver cancer, late stage!" Dominic answered, his eyes slightly evasive.
"Liver cancer, huh!"
Ryder nodded and continued to ask, "With such a serious illness, why not go to Urban First Medical Center instead of Mayo Clinic? After all, Urban First Medical Center is much better in every aspect than Mayo Clinic!"
Dominic answered with a mournful face, "I thought the same, but Urban First Medical Center is very expensive. Right now, neither our family nor Karen can afford that much money, so..."
As he spoke, Dominic secretly wiped his tears, looking very sad and pitiful!
Seeing this, Ryder couldn't continue asking.
He closed his eyes slightly, pretending to sleep.
Ten minutes later, Ryder and the others arrived at Mayo Clinic!
Mayo Clinic was a private hospital. Compared to Urban First Medical Center, it was inferior in both scale and medical technology!
Moreover, Mayo Clinic had many unspoken rules, so its reputation in Houston had always been poor!
Dominic led Ryder and Sarah to the fourth-floor inpatient department!
They stopped in front of a ward!
Dominic knocked on the ward door!
"It's me. I brought Sarah and Ryder!"
Saying this, he pushed open the ward door!
Ryder and Sarah followed Dominic into the ward!
As soon as they entered, Ryder smelled a strong scent of disinfectant in the air.
The ward was a single room, barely one hundred and seven square feet, with dim lighting. Both the ceiling light and the hospital bed looked old.
Inside the room, a fan was making a piercing noise!
On the hospital bed, Karen lay there with disheveled hair, her face pale, an IV in her wrist, looking very weak!
Next to the bed stood two people.
They were Dominic's wife, Ruth, and the haggard-looking Kyle!
When Ryder and Sarah appeared, Karen slowly opened her eyes and said softly, "Is that Sarah and Ryder? Come closer so I can see you! My eyesight has worsened since I got sick, I can't see clearly from a distance!"
Hearing this, Sarah's eyes immediately turned red!
She quickly stepped forward, grabbed Karen's hand, and asked, "Mom! What's going on? How did it come to this?"
Karen sighed and said bitterly, "It's nothing, it's all fate! I can't escape it! Actually, I've been wanting to tell you. As a mother, I've been unqualified all these years. Whether in life or in your relationships, I've been unfair to you because of my selfishness. I apologize to you here, it was my fault!"
Hearing this, Sarah started to cry, "Mom! Don't say that, I also have things I didn't do well!"
Tears welled up in Karen's eyes as she shook her head. "You did nothing wrong, it's all my fault! If it weren't for me, our family wouldn't have ended up like this, I regret it so much!"
Then, she turned her head to Ryder and said emotionally, "Ryder, I know you still hold a grudge against me, and I understand your resentment. It's all my fault! I don't expect you to forgive me, but I just hope you can take good care of Sarah after I'm gone. She can be a bit temperamental sometimes, please be patient with her, thank you."
After saying this, Karen coughed violently twice!
She looked even weaker!
Seeing this, Sarah became extremely anxious. "Mom, stop saying that, you will live a long life! It's just an illness, we can spend money on treatment! You will definitely get better!"
Karen sighed and said self-deprecatingly, "I've done too many bad things in my life. I don't pray for my own recovery. As long as you and Ryder are happy, I'm satisfied!"
"Mom!"
Sarah choked up, tears streaming down her face, feeling utterly miserable!
In just a few days, Ernest had just undergone surgery for paralysis, and now Karen had cancer!
Even though she had been disappointed and dissatisfied with this family, in the face of life and death, none of that mattered anymore!
At this moment, Ryder asked, "Do you have the cancer diagnosis? Let me see it!"
"Here it is!" Kyle responded, taking a folder from the drawer next to the bed and handing it to Ryder.
"Inside are the diagnosis and the CT scans. The doctor said that the cancer cells have already spread to more than half of the liver. If it continues like this, it will spread to the entire liver and even other parts of the body. At that point, not even God can save her!"
He rubbed his eyes and complained, "It's all my fault! If I had been more capable over the years and made Mom worry less, it wouldn't have come to this. It's all my fault, all my fault!"
As he spoke, Kyle suddenly raised his hand and started slapping himself!
Seeing this, Dominic quickly stepped forward and hugged Kyle, trying to console him. "Kyle! Don't get too emotional. None of us wanted this to happen. As long as we work together, we can get through this!"
Ruth also chimed in, "Good things happen to good people. She will be fine! Besides, Sarah is such a filial and sensible child. How could she just stand by and watch her mother suffer? No matter how much it costs, we will treat her, right?"
Sarah's mind was already in chaos, only concerned about Karen's cancer.
Hearing Ruth's words, Sarah instinctively nodded. "Yes! No matter what, I will get Mom treated!"
Amidst the somber atmosphere, Ryder's suspicious voice rang out again, "Is this CT scan really Mom's? The body shape doesn't seem to match!"
As soon as he said this, everyone's eyes turned to Ryder!
Sarah was stunned for a moment. "Ryder, what are you saying?"
Ryder raised the scan in his hand and said calmly, "I looked at the body shape on the CT scan, and it doesn't quite match Mom's. Are you sure you didn't get the wrong scan?"
Hearing this, a flash of panic crossed Kyle's eyes. "How could it be wrong? This scan is definitely Mom's. Didn't you see the number in the upper left corner? It's hers, no mistake! This is a CT scan, not a photo; some discrepancies in body shape are inevitable!"
Ryder squinted slightly. "Are you sure?"
Kyle's expression darkened. "Ryder, what do you mean? Are you accusing me of lying to you?"
Dominic's face showed displeasure. "Ryder, I know Karen has wronged you in the past, but this is not something to joke about!"
Ruth added, "This is a matter of life and death; no one is in the mood to deceive you."
Ryder remained silent.
But the suspicion on his face was evident to everyone!
At this moment, Karen weakly said, "Ryder, it's okay if you don't believe it, I don't blame you! I'm too embarrassed to ask for your forgiveness. If there's nothing else, you can take Sarah and leave. Anyway, even if I get treated, I won't last long. I know my own condition. I..."
Before she could finish, Karen suddenly started coughing violently!
Moreover, she suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
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