“I have to go to the doctor,” Toby informs me as we are driving home from school.“Why’s that then?” I ask.“Right at the top of my leg, it hurts.”“How long has it been hurting?” I ask. I am not even going to consider waiting to see a doctor for an aliment that has a history of a mere five minutes. It’s true, I am a glass is half empty kind of person, but even I can control my pessimism to a degree. The first mention of leg pain, I can dismiss, but persistent leg pain spanning several hours, well

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