The hospital room was quiet—too quiet for a 10-year-old girl who used to love dancing around the living room in her sparkly basketball jersey, pretending to shoot three-pointers like her hero, Caitlin Clark. Now, hooked to machines that beeped steadily and with eyes half-open, little Lena Nguyen was battling the final stages of congestive heart failure.
A Visit No One Expected
The Room That Held a Miracle
An Hour That Moved the World
The Final Quarter
Three days later, Lena passed away peacefully, surrounded by her parents, doctors, and nurses who had grown to love her.
But on her bedside table were two things:
A signed jersey with “Clark #22” written in glitter pen.
And a letter from Caitlin herself.
