Marvin's Room Page #3

What are the possibilities?

There are a number

I would like to rule out.

Are we still thinking I have a vitamin

deficiency? We may have ruled out that.

Do you think we should? Should we have

ruled that out? No reason to be nervous.

I'm not nervous.

Good!

What I'm gonna do is I'm gonna

give you a local anesthetic...

and I'm going to remove a little

bone marrow from your hip.

What?

I don't mean to be noisy,

but what is the test for?

Why don't you let me

do the worrying for now?

I'm probably thinking it's something

much worse than it actually is.

Is it something serious,

like a brain tumor?

Oh, no.

M. S?

No!

Cancer?

Well, one of the possibilities

I was hoping to rule out is leukemia.

My mother had...

I know.

I saw that in your file.

Hold all my calls, please.

Bessie, I just...

Dr. Wally speaking.

Yes, that was me just then.

Didn't you recognize my voice, Bob?

That's all right.

That's what I get

for hiring my own brother.

I haven't been feeling as badly lately,

haven't been nearly as tired.

Why don't you lie on your side

and face the wall,

and we'll get this over

as soon as we can?

What does it mean

if it is leukemia?

There are a variety

of leukemias...

and a variety of treatments.

If you have, for example,

chronic myelogenous leukemia,

a bone marrow transplant

is a very real option.

We would then test members

of your family for possible donors.

You do have family.

Dad and Ruth.

I thought your file mentioned a sister.

Oh, yes, I do. I...

I have a sister Lee. Yes...

Good.

Oh!

I just had it done last week

and it's driving me crazy!

Do you think God's

punishing me for vanity,

or is it always that way?

Oh, my God! If you have

a permanent done right,

it shouldn't itch you at all!

Convent.

Sister...

Lee Lacker, please.

Sister Lee Lacker, telephone!

Hello?

Hello!

Lee?

Hello?

Hi, it's me... Bessie.

Bessie?

What's wrong?

Mm... hmm.

Uh... huh.

They had reservations

about letting Hank go at all.

A week was all

we could get approval for.

Yeah, but if one of us

is a match, then we gotta...

We'll deal with that then.

Hey

Look at you. You look like a pig.

I'm working on an engine.

So they don't let you shower?

Look, they told me you were here

so I came, all right?

You behaving yourself?

They're not strapping

me down anymore.

Well, don't abuse that privilege.

So. How come

you're visiting me?

What do you mean?

I don't need a reason to visit.

How come you never visited before?

I did. You were unconscious.

How can that be a visit if I didn't even know

you were here? I can't take responsibility...

for when you're conscious or unconscious,

all can do is make the effort.

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