Thursday 20th November 2025 Can you imagine how daunting it felt to sit in a meeting room inside PICU, alone, with four clinicians — Maya’s consultant, the research doctor, the ICU doctor and her PICU nurse. Four walls that have heard far too many heartbreaking conversations about children. After a few minutes of niceties, the consultant’s face turned serious. My heart was racing. She summarised everything from the CAR-T cell infusion on Tuesday 4th November, right up to Maya