She’s talking in her “reasonable” voice, the kind she uses on kids she works with. Ugh
“A patient portal?” I blink sleepily. “What’s that?”
Ma looks relaxed, it’s Shushan Purim and we have the day off.
“The doctor’s office told me about it. It’s a way to check up test results ourselves.”
I am wide awake now, although I didn’t sleep much last night. “Why bother? There’s nothing wrong, every stupid blood test comes back fine, all the doctors say so, and meanwhile I’m not functioning and this crazy diet doesn’t work –”
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