The Broken Warrior's Daughter
They begin to ask Lily questions, but she can’t answer, and when she tries, she begins coughing uncontrollably.
I tell them what we know, and I carry Lily back to a room where we can get x-rays of her lungs. I make sure they keep her sitting up, so she doesn’t feel like she’s drowning in silver. Her breathing is labored, and I can tell the lack of oxygen is affecting her.
When the doctor comes back in, he doesn’t have good news. He puts her x-rays up on the screen and shows me that there is indeed silver in her right lung, making it practically unusable.