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didn't have any%hlng to lose. I prayed the marijuana would at
least gave Harris a little relief. I did not have a io_ of hope°
25. When Hamr_s went for his next chemotherapy he
was so frightened he _orgot to bring hls marijuana° Me phoned me
from his treatment room, told me were he had put the marijuana
and asked me to bring _% %o hlm_ He told me he would not take
hlm-chemotherapy unless he had m_T_Juana with him. I found a
couple of _oints and took these to my husband at the hospital.
26. XmmedAately before rece_vlng his chemotherapy
....
injection Harris s=oked some of the mari_uanao I'm certain
the doctors, nurses and orderlies who came into the room as my
husband finished smoking knew what was going on. But no one said
_nythlngo _% wam as if we had all reached an unspoken under-
standing: If we didn't talk about I% then _t would be ok.
27, After years of chemotherapy we knew the routine
falrly well. Within 90 minutes - awake or asleep - my husband
would beg_n his vlolent bouts of vomltlng° ! decided to stay
with _arr_s through the nlght in case he needed my help.
However, this time there was no vom_t_ngo That night Harris
slept llke a baby. _t was the _irst full night of restful sleep
he had gotten in nearly seven years of _ancer and anti-cancer
treatments,
28. The next morning when Ha_rms woke up he was not
nauseated and actually ate breakfast, e real breakthrough° We
were both a blt awestruck, No vomlt£ns, No nausea, And he
ac_ually wan%ei to eat! _ cannot describe how relieved and
excited we were. Why hadn|t someone t_Id us sooner? Why had _2
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