After she finished, there was another long silence on the line. It felt like forever as Tina stood there with her phone in hand, waiting for the vet to say something. She could hear her own breathing, fast and shallow, and the eerie silence of the hallways. She was hoping for some words of wisdom or a plan, anything to help the weak creature.
However, in that quiet moment, Tina realized something troubling—the vet didn’t know any more about the mysterious creature than she did. Even so, he understood the situation was serious, especially as she explained how the creature’s condition was getting worse.