Chapter 1384

She didn't have much time left, and she didn't want to waste what little time she had in the hospital. She wanted to spend more time with her mother and her son. "I know. I'm prepared for it. Can you increase the painkiller's dosage? The pain has gotten a little more intense lately," Clara said. The doctor sighed. He could understand why Clara would make that choice. What surprised him was Clara's calmness in the face of death. He had seen many terminal patients in his career. Nearly all of them tried desperately to grasp at the possibility of survival once they found out that their days were numbered. Even those who couldn't afford treatment would ask if there was any other way to prolong their lives, reluctant to die. A patient as calm as Clara was very rare. Those patients had normally been through terrible things. "Okay, I'll increase the dose a little. But remember, you can't take too much of this medicine. If you do, your body will become more and more resistant to it unti