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\u201cYou are severely malnourished,\u201d he said. \u201cYou need treatment and observation. This cannot wait.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the first time in five years, I thought about the card without anger. I told myself that survival mattered more than pride. Three hundred dollars would at least buy me time.<\/p>\n

The next morning, I went to a downtown bank branch. My hands shook as I slid the card across the counter to a teller who could not have been older than my youngest grandchild.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI would like to withdraw the full balance,\u201d I said quietly.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou are severely malnourished,\u201d he said. \u201cYou need treatment and observation. This cannot wait.\u201d For the first time in five years, I thought about the card without anger. I told myself that survival mattered more than pride. Three hundred dollars would at least buy me time. The next morning, I went to a downtown bank…<\/p>\n

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