**POV Manuela**

After the transplant, every day felt like a quiet victory and a hope too vast to measure. Jimi remained in absolute isolation. I stayed with him every single second. Longing no longer fit inside my chest. There wasn’t a single day I didn’t think of Simone, Aster, Flávia… and him.

When the doctor announced that glass-window visits were finally allowed, it felt like a tiny piece of normal life might return.

“He can choose who he wants to see first,” the nurse explained ...