The doctor asked Tessa to lie on her side, the same side where they had done the biopsy. That position was important to help stop the bleeding and prevent a hematoma from forming. And she had to stay like that for a few hours.

Unfortunately, the TV in her room wasn’t working properly. The hospital director even came in person to apologize and offered to move her to another room, but Tessa refused. Just walking into the hospital had already been heavy enough after everything she’d been ...