The days that followed felt lighter. Lily’s strength returned faster than anyone expected. She walked the ward each morning, Milo’s leash in her hand, the two of them moving at the same steady pace. Staff began calling them “the miracle pair.”
Parents of other patients smiled when they passed. Even the most skeptical doctors lingered in doorways to watch. The quiet faith that had settled over the ward spread from room to room, a reminder that sometimes healing came in forms no one could chart.