A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Why does Dave call a nurse instead of taking his mother to the hospital in the memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius?
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Dave knows that his mother's blood count is low and therefore a nose bleed could be deadly. However, Dave and his sister Beth promised their mother that they would never take her back to the hospital. Instead, Dave calls his mother's nurse.
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius