Diagnosis: My Son, My Son

The doctor's worried wife was waiting at the door when he got home for lunch. "Bob and Shari are terribly ill." said Mrs. Oliver Cook, and she handed her husband a letter. It had arrived that morning from Memphis, where their son and daughter-in-law, both 19, are Memphis State University sophomores. General Practitioner Cook, 49, began to read:

Dear Folks: I'm sorry I took so long in writing but we moved to a different place Monday, and we have been too busy trying to get things in order. Last night Shari passed out...

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