I like the story and the concept, but the medical side was impossible to ignore. I’m a nurse and the pregnancy made no sense. His lungs should have started struggling around six months, not eight. At eight months the baby isn’t premature enough to justify fighting for two more weeks. A deeply attached placenta would have been seen long before delivery. And a three week ICU stay would leave anyone barely moving, not walking around like nothing happened. If the author wanted him to recover that fast, he should have been in the ICU for a few days, not weeks. There was so much potential here, but the story kept using real medical terms without respecting how any of it actually works.
I like the story and the concept, but the medical side was impossible to ignore. I’m a nurse and the pregnancy made no sense. His lungs should have started struggling around six months, not eight. At eight months the baby isn’t premature enough to justify fighting for two more weeks. A deeply attached placenta would have been seen long before delivery. And a three week ICU stay would leave anyone barely moving, not walking around like nothing happened. If the author wanted him to recover that fast, he should have been in the ICU for a few days, not weeks. There was so much potential here, but the story kept using real medical terms without respecting how any of it actually works.