1 result for (book:deavf1 AND heading:"essay 1 thursday april 1 1982" AND stemmed:pound)
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hospital
Mandali
backside
thyroid
arthritis
[... 7 paragraphs ...]
At first she didn’t know. The question followed the little talk we’d had after supper. My back hurt somewhat. I’d finally decided that the ache wasn’t because I’d been lifting her physically—all 82 pounds of her—but because of the medical bills we’d received today. (That had been my somewhat amused speculation to begin with.) We’ve gotten a flurry—a small blizzard—of bills from doctors during the last few days.
[... 21 paragraphs ...]
(Pause at 8:05.) My 82 pounds of flesh were hauled, dragged, pulled, and stretched by good-natured but often impatient strangers—nurses and orderlies and aides—and the most private of my physical processes became a matter of public record. What a shocker!
[... 13 paragraphs ...]
