The hospital room was quiet except for the soft hum of machines. Five-year-old Tommy Chan lay in bed, his tiny hands gripping a worn-out stuffed bear. Around him, his parents whispered prayers they couldn’t finish. In just a few hours, their little boy would undergo open-heart surgery — the kind of operation that changes everything.
Tommy was brave for his age. He didn’t cry or complain. But that afternoon, he looked up at his nurse and asked softly,





