A man was brought into the hospital intensive care ward, put in a bed, with tubes coming out everywhere.
A week later, another man was admitted in a similar condition.
Both lay there, machines pinging, tubes poking, etc. A couple more weeks before one of them had the strength to raise his hand and point to himself and say, “American.”
The other patient signaled he had heard, raised his own hand, and said, “Canadian.”
This act tired them out so badly that it was a week before the first summoned up the strength to say, “New York…”
Other replied in a weedy, frail voice, “Toronto…”
Once more, the strain was too much for them both, and they passed out. Days passed before the first patient managed to again point to himself and say, “Michael…”
Replied the other, “David…”
A few hours later, Michael managed to point to himself again and rasp out weakly, “Cancer.”
David responded, “Sagittarius.”
