Signing Away Love

1.

In the delivery room of Boston General Hospital, the shadowless lights were so glaring that it was impossible to keep one's eyes open.

Nora Shaw lay on the surgical table, her consciousness drifting in and out with waves of blinding pain. She could hear the sharp, frantic beeping of the heart monitor and feel the warm rush of blood leaving her body, staining the white sheets red.

"Dr. Martinez, she's lost over 1500 ccs of blood! BP is 70/40 and dropping!"

"Get blood prepped! Call the bloo