Dan had been sat in that room in silence for over four hours when a doctor finally walked in with a check board in hand.

He nodded, "he cut a vein horizontally across his left wrist. He was probably bleeding for no longer than thirty minutes. He's had a blood transfusion and had to have stitches. He's unconscious but they've managed to get him stable,"

That's when Dan broke down. He pulled through. He could almost definitely make it. He had a chance.