BRIDGETTE. 

I felt like the ground had been ripped out from under me as the words sank in. I opened my mouth to speak but no words came out. She approached me before giving me a gentle squeeze on the shoulder. 

"Take all the time you need. But you need to find a donor very soon, or..." She didn't complete the sentence, and I didn't need her to. 

This was very bad. I gave her a nod before walking in to the room where he was laying. He was asleep, with his tiny chest rising and falling. His breaths seemed normal, but the way he looked so pale told me....