Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Ashley had never heard of it until now.
It was a lung disease that still has no cure to this day. Some treatments and medications could slow its progression, and in the worst-case scenario, a transplant was also an option.
However, a lung transplant was not truly a cure.
It could extend Lucian's life, but it could also drastically change the quality of that life.
According to Doctor Wesley, Lucian had already been diagnosed long before Ashley married him. Back then, he had been given five years to live.
That was with treatment.
But Lucian refused treatment.
Lucian refused everything—the medication, the transplant, even the idea of stepping back from work. He didn't even change his lifestyle until recently.
