Sean arrived at the hospital and saw Cameron waiting anxiously at the emergency room entrance. He quickly approached and asked, "What's going on?"
"I don't know. She suddenly fainted." Cameron was very anxious as well.
He paced back and forth with his fingers at his lips, occasionally biting them.
After a while, he turned to Sean and said, "Should I have let her be my grandmother?"
Sean frowned at that. "Don't overthink it. She's almost eighty years old. It's normal for illnesses to strike at her age."
"But I have no relatives… Am I jinxing my loved ones and friends?" Cameron became even more nervous.
"Why do you still have superstitious thoughts in this day and age? There's no such thing as jinxing. We don't know the results yet, and you're already getting anxious," Sean muttered impatiently.
It turned out that Sean made the right decision to stay.
Cameron would only make himself panic and have wild thoughts if he stayed back alone.
They waited for an hour before the door of the emergency room finally opened.
A doctor came out and glanced at Cameron, then at Sean, and asked, "Who is her family member?"
"We both are," Sean quickly replied.
The doctor explained, "Her diabetes caused mental stress and unconsciousness because it was already severe. She needs to be hospitalized and receive medication."
"Will it be treatable?" Cameron asked.
"Diabetes can only be managed, not cured. She's old, so it's normal to have such incidents," the doctor calmly responded to Cameron.
Analise's diabetes had been well-managed, but the fainting was due to emotional stress.
Cameron felt somewhat disheartened.
Sean acknowledged the doctor's instructions and waited as Analise was wheeled out of the emergency room. He looked at her and felt a bit heavy-hearted.
Even without an illness, various physical problems would arise as one aged.
He just couldn't understand why Analise, who loved sports and should have been in good health, had worse health than Lina.
Analise woke up around 8.00AM.
She was a little confused as to why she was in the hospital.
"Grandma, you fainted. It scared me so much!" Cameron immediately approached the bedside, and his voice was filled with sadness when he spoke.
Analise looked at him and showed a kindly smile on her face. "It's okay. It was bound to happen sooner or later."
"What do you mean, sooner or later? Grandma, you're still in great health." Sean brought a glass of water and sat by the bedside.
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