A man was brought into the hospital intensive care ward, put in a bed, with tubes coming out everywhere.<\/p>\n
A week later, another man was admitted in a similar condition.<\/p>\n
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, \u201cAmerican.\u201d<\/p>\n
The other patient signaled he had heard, raised his own hand, and said, \u201cCanadian.\u201d<\/p>\n
This act tired them out so badly that it was a week before the first summoned up the strength to say, \u201cNew York\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Other replied in a weedy, frail voice, \u201cToronto\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
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, \u201cMichael\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Replied the other, \u201cDavid\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
A few hours later, Michael managed to point to himself again and rasp out weakly, \u201cCancer.\u201d<\/p>\n
David responded, \u201cSagittarius.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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