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I'M BoB EDWARDS. TODAY
l S F R I DA "'f J UN t 2 7 +~,
°"""d TH JS IS' N PR'S "MORN
lNG ~DITloN ''

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 0 l<A'1 1 GROVE,,· HE RE
'IOU Go. I'LL SEE 'lov
at, FOUR ...

TH ANl<S' BEEBS ...

I LOY£ '/OU--

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- C l T '1 PAR I<

THlS DIET FOR m'1 f~RS OKA'/- I N£ED TO

IS' Kllll N' ME ... IT'S Too BACI< UP A LITTLE .. .
HARD ...

In JqnLA~R'f of l<J'J5, I'~ <.{eveloped G\ heqRj,,9

<t~SoR4'-R CAf&.<l H'lpeRqcL\sis - wheRe eve.ttyG\Qy,
qve.R°'9~ Sol.\n~s co"'lcl be. e:x+Re~el't p"i~f"V2. ...
ThiY\9S like. clos·1n.9 +he CQ\R clooR, c{Ropp;n9 °'
°'
f o A. k on 0\ P\ t e, o ~ t ve h ·h" ({ r\·• rlj o"' G\ J: 9 ~-t sw; t c.h
Col.\ \J Re S'a., It ir\ p~ j.., ~c:l pRess '-\R~ -.., t\-\'1 e~ RS t~i
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\~s+tcl ~n1whe.R, fRon, cAA'f to (\ rnontJ,, ...

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A-f+e~ se.ein9 c-{octoR ~ olo<:to~ with no Relief, :r
f'in~ Tl.,\Rne<( -to A lte.tn~t-·,ve. he" leRS. I b~9G\11
S eeir19 CVYl qcvpl.\nct"'Ris-t • who helped Me q lo"t,
lvh& +heh a. Nq+L.tRop~-tl,, who d Recot'hn,e~e.d 1

C\ ct~ e.t fRee fRo~ whe~t, 'ie."st, <N½J Ja·,Ry

p Rod \.\d"S .. .

---~e ~
--------
~\'f EARS HAVE BEEN
DolNG A LoT BEiTER,
8 UT o Tti E P. W l SE, :I
F £ E L T E R R I B LE ...
N o e N I: R G 'I o.t. o.SlJl.. 1 Cl\M&
I CAN'T CONCENTRATE
ON f\N"jTH l NG···

THE ACUPUNCTURIST TOLD N\E I NEED MORE

PROTEIN IN ff1'f DIET ... MA'l8E iHAT 1S \T ...
mfi'/BE .r SHovLD TR'f EATING SOME EGGS ...

I I I
I I I I
,, I •

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- SOON
MAl51E···
FORGET-
DON',
I HAVE AA-\
0
ACU- PUNC,URE
APPOINT MEN,
CU: NooN ...

u G H ... /YJ'f STOMACH ...

:r
DON'T
FEEL ~ S
So 6000 ... \ ½
~ ACTUF\L SAO Po5TURE,ect.
o N THE WA'1 To 'THE
wHOA !_I
ACU PUNCTUR\S} ...

mA'IBE THE TREATMENT

W l LL HELP SETTLE N\'f
STOMACH ...

MA "18 £ I DlDN'T cook

THE POT A TOES LONG
ENOUGH o~ Scf'Y\ETH\N'

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* tn'I ~TOMACH, NOT THI: NEEDLES., ect.
AN HovR LATE:R ... -----------
MA'1BE I. HAVE
FOOD f01S'ON ING ...

....

Sos

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- ___ ,_, ______
~ WHAT :r ... :t HAD A PANIC AnAck
HAPPENED? AT woRk ... :t TRIED To
WHAT'S' c,ALL 'lolJ, SVT "1ov WER£N
WRONG?? HoME ... So SHERRIE
GAVE ME A RlDE ...

\·r•s okA'/J SWEE1"1E-··

\T'S OkA'Y···

- s

W\-\A"'T? !
WHAT IS
\1",
JO\-\ N ??

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LATER THAT AFTERNOON GRovE -·
M'/ S TOM~CJ-f
SEEMS"
To BE
GETTlN
WORSE

l: t== \T 1 S FOOD PolSON-

MA'iSE lNG I WE HAVE To GET
1T ~ '/ou TO THE HOSPITAL...
FooD
POI SON\NG ...

No- :t DON'T WANNA

Go To THE
HOSPITAL ...
WHAT WOULD
WE Do? Go To
THE EMER-
GE.NC'/ Room?
WE
PA)' FOR IT?

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WE'VE GOT INSURANCE,
JOHN - FROM M'f JOB ...
NAH ...
I'LL BE
ALL RIGHT

LATER ...

- J Of; N .1 l ET' S Go_l_l

THERE't
SOMETHING
'NRONG .1
WE"
GOTTA
Gf, You
To THE'
Hosp,;AL!

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T H AT ' S f T .1_I/

IF 'IOU DON'T Go To
THE HoSPITAL WITH ME
RIGHT NOW, I 1
m
LEAVING You//

... okAY, OkAY...

SOON

HE AD VP DOWNING ... Oihlci THERE IT IS" ...

THERE'S AJoG o..,t
COL~f\'X ...

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---------------~
NAME? JOHN PORCELLINO - AGE? ZS
WHERE DOE~ IT HlJRT,JOHN? M'f STort,
ACH? WHERE EXRCTL'f D065" IT HURT?
I DON'T KNOW EVER'f WHERE - HAVE
YOU EVER HAD APPENDlCITtS-? WHEN
I vJAS A KID THE)' TOOK IT OUT-

tNviJ POTATO£$ CUR RE NTL 'f oN

AN'/ MEDICATI HE Took A DoSE
c::::,

OF NtZoRAL THlS ,, .. vKNING- N12.O1<AL?

1
1T S AN ANTll=UNGAL MEDICATION--H15
DOCTOR TOLD HlN) HE HAS A FULL BoP)'
'/EAST INFECTION - HAVE '/OU EVER BEEN
TESTEO FOR A '1EAST rNJ:EcT,oN? NO-
ARE THERE AN'f PRE-£)(\STtNG COND
ti IONS? CHRONIC PRoSTAT(TfS- AND
HIS EARS ARE \/ER'f SENSITlV~ To
Se:>uND - Ht''S HARD o~ HEARING? No
THE OPPOSITE HfS E'ARS ARE VER'/
S'ENS[TIVE", IT'S VER.'/ PAINFUL-
H ow LONG HAVE 'tOlJ BEEN HAVING
THC STCfnACI-! PPIIN? SINCE ASouT
NINE A.m.- How WOULD '/OU DESCRIBE
THE PAIN? WHAT? IS IT DULL? SHARP?

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 f\ u GGl-f _I

\ I I

DEEP
DEEP

I'm
SoRR"/,
GROVE ...

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DOCTORS <M'l~ NURSE~
WERE Com ING IN o.mJl.
QlJT, ASl<ING GVESTIONS
amcl WRITING oN CLIP-
II
BoAR.DS' ... PoTAToEs-
HAVE '/OU otMce
EVER HAD EGGS''
'loVR
APPENDIX
OUT?

WHAT klND or= :r DON'i k:Now -- lT

JUST HURTS' ...
PAIN IS IT'?
l S IT A
BURNING €S IT COM
oe_ Go, OR
PAIN?
ES IT STA'/
s
IT JUST HURTS-
~~ TlME ...

THE'i WERE TAKING M'f Blooo, Hook1N6 ME

uP To MACHINES
r------r-----··_·..J :t S He ALWA'I S
AN 'IOU THlS COLOR?
URINATE
ONTAI

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THE PAIN IS MlND-
8LoWING, ALL-CONSUMING -SQUEEZING
HER. HAND -
SQUE:EZE M'I
HAND, 8£EBS...

-kERA--

IN fYl'f HEAD, I'M RECITING THE HEART

SUTRA ... r-----------------..J
. . . F O R IV) H E RE IS o NL 'f EM PT I NE S- 5'
I
E fY)PTI NESS ONL'f F'Of<M. FoRM rs No
OTHER THAN EMPTINESS, EMPTIN£5S
No oTHER THAN FORM . . .

KERA SAi D ...

THE'i
CAN'T GIVE
'/OU AN'fTHING
!='OR THE PA\N ... THE'( NEED '/OU To BE
ABLE TO TELL THEM lF IT CHANGES' oR tnOVES

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I \
A IYlON K
ASKED TUNG -SHAN SAi D:
TUNG-SHAN :
WH'Y DON'T '/OV GO
WHEN COLD OW\d HEAT TO TH£ PLACE
COME I HOW CAN
WHERE THERE.
WE AVOID
15 No COLD
THEM?
<NYJJ NO HEAT?

THE: MONI< SAID: 'TUNG-SHAN SAID:

WH E ~E. \S THE PLACE WHEN COLO COMES',

WHERE THERE COLD l<lLLS"
IS No COLD THE MONK-
Q.N\dl. NO WHEN HEAT
HEAT? COMES, HEAT
TOTALS THE
/YION K.

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 WELL, Acco RD ING To 'fovR
X-RA'/S 8 LOOt> TES'TS, 'fOlJ' RE
SEVERELY ANEMIC, BUT
EVER'#TH ING
EL$E I~

- .....

"WE'RE GOING To SEND '/OU UPSTAIRS F-oR

AN u LT RA So UN D ... ''r-----------~---1
0)

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\
- ,,.

- ,;'

.,,,.
/

RATilE'
-
,;'
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I IT'S JUST LIKE \

ON TV ...

SOON 0
OE€P
0

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 CAN -Yov RoLL
OVER oN YouR
RIGl1T SID£,
PLEASE?

uGH

LA1ER
BLARG/1 UGHH

OKA'/ - we 'RE
GOING To PUMP Q
'fOURs Tom Re H'
SEE WHAT'S _j
GOING ON .. .

HERE'S A
GLASS OF
WATER

DEEP DEE'P

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TH£ TUBE'S GONNA A LL RIGHT... DRINK.'
Go THROUGH '/ovR
Nos E ,v~uR INTO '(OUR
STOIYlACH ... WHEN DEEP
:t TELL '/OV To ORIN k 1

DRINK ... tAM&l I I

KEEP SWALLOW-
ING TILL :t
TELL '/ov To
SToP ...

DRINk ... kEEP DEEP

DRI Nl<ING ... kEE.P
DRlNKlNG•··
o kA'I.

IT'S

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 OH ...
HE -rook
CHARCOAL
PILLS THI~ -rREMBLING
AFTERNOON,
cuz HE
THOUGHT
HE MIGHT
H FWE FOOD
Po1SoN tNG ...
THAT'S WH'{
IT'S BLACk ... DEEP

WAlTING ¾J.. WAITI 6 I. THOVGHT To M'fSELF,

''I MIGHT BE D'IING ... "

BEEBS

_..,
00 0
j )J /4"" /
'
\
% / I

III
No IGNORANCE
OR E.ND oF IT ...

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NOR ill- THAT comEs; NO WITHERING,
FROM IGNORANCE NO DEAT+-t ...

NO END OF iHEm

NOR IS THERE PAIN

OR CAUSE o~ PAIN

OR CEASE IN PAIN

OR NOBLE PATH To LEAP FRoM PAIN ...

NOT EVEN WISDom TO ATTAIN ...

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ATTA\NIYlENT, Too,
\S EMPTINESS

32
 PA"tlENT SLEEPING

DEEP

\ I I

COMPLAINS OF ABDOMINAL
PAIN WHEN AWOkEN

(WHEN COLD COIYlES, (WI-\EN HE-AT COMES,

OLD Kt LLS HE. PtT TOTA LS
THE MONI<)
HE MONK) \

,.,
SKIN PALE 4'1ELLOW
~ct o,~PHORETtc

DEEP

33
THAT MoRNJNG ~ oNE A.M-J THE)' ADMITTED
Me. TO THE HOSPITAL

I wA~ DELI RI oUS'

WITH P1~lN

/ '

"I'M SoRR'I, GRovE ...

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SATURDA'-1 JUNE 28

I Lll<E THAT FOR HOVRS ... lT SEEMED To

LAID
HURT LESS TH/.\T WA'I ... I RE:MEMBSR. KE:RA
GETTING FED UP, MURMURING> IN THE.
HALLWA~ ...

( C F\N'T '/OV
GIVE: Hrm S'OlhETHIN(,
FOR THE PAIN??)

A fl.JlJRSE' CAME' IN. I'LL NEVER FORGET IT

I NEV~R LOOKED \JP ...

TH I S S DEMER o L ,
l
IT'LL HELP WITH THE
PA rN ...
THERE'LL BE A
LITTLE STtck ...
j

I GOT A S-HOT IN THE ASS

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THE o~UG couRSED THROUGH E\/E.R'I VEIN IN
M'f BoD'I
\ I

atY1Jl. EVER'IWHERE
\T WENT l

SL\SS'

I S l E.PT l=OR A DA'/

DEEP t>EE:P

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SUN DA'I JUNE 2 9
DEEP

I'M PR. wEBB~R.

AR£ '{OU F=EEL\NG?

-
WE 'RE GotNG TO BE WE'LL TAKE SomE ")(-RA"fS"
RvNN l NG A FEW TESTS G\Mtt DO WHAT 1S CALLEO A
To MORROW. THE.RE'S A ''coLONOSCOP'i,'' WHICH 1S,
FEW THING~ WE WANT BAS\CALL'j, WE \NSERT f\
To CHECK, ~c.t ~ FtW T\N't cArn€RA INTO '/OVR
TH\ rJGS WE: WANT TO LARGE INTESTINE, So
RULE OUT ...
we CAN SEE
WHAT'S GolNG

37
oKA'i - we 'LL CL\ c\<
5EE 'IOV EARL'/
TomoRRow -
THE COLON-
OSCoP'f \S
SCHEO\JLED
FOR EIGHT
A.IV\ ....

DEEP

DEEP

MONt>A't JUNE 30,8f\m

OkA'I JOHN, I:'M GOl~G

TO GIVE '/OU
SOMETHING ·
TO HELP .......
'/OU RELA)C·
/ \
'/OU WON'T SE
uNCONSClOVS, BuT
rnoST Lll<EL't 'toU
WON'T REIYlEfY\BER
Pt N 'IT 1-l \ N G 1 0 l< A'f ?

.
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 C2>

DID THE'f Fl~D

AN)'THlNG?

NOPE ...

WI: wALkED AROUND KERA 8RouGHT ME P.

THE HA LLWA'IS TOGETHER B\G STACK 0~ Sooks ...

@:
'--1" =--
clv 11
('(\00N
IN A
DEWDROP"

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CW" co( I LO ot<.E D ov-r THE WORLD SEEMED
THE WINDOW J,-t:#vl. RAl>IANT---
couRi'YARD BELOW---
/
/
I
I EVEN WROTE A POEM: "OISVS E 0
HOSPITAL CoR"IDOR,
BLVE-
OLO JvNK STORet>
THERE''

BUT MOSTL 'f I

I WA lTE 0

DEE'P

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THAT NIGHT HI JOHN - 'I'M
DR. ORTIZ. .. .
\
'I.'M COVER-
DEEP ING FOR
DR. WE8B£:R

j
ONE THING
UM, 'IE~... ABOUT
WE'D LIKE
FIVE 'itARS AGo ...
To RULE
OUT tS ... \T WAS
HAVE '/OU NEGATIVE
EVER HAD
AN HIV
TEST?

SINCE rHE"N, HAVE 'IOU HA-t> S'EX

H AV£ '/ou E\/E
WITH A MAN?
SHARED NE'El>L
\fJliH S0IVlE-
ONt TO INJE
DRUGS~
HAVE 'IOU HAO
f>RoM 1scuov~,

0
lJNPROTE'CTf P
HETfRoSEXVAL
l NTER COURSE'?

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 TttERE'S SOME PAPERWoRk
OI< A'{-
WE' 'LL NEEi> 'fOU TO fl LL
WE LL, IT'S OVT, ~i. THEN
DOUBTFUL WE'LL TAKE A
'/OU'Vf.BEEN BLOOD SAMPLE
tXPos-e D, SVT
:t THINI< IT
WOVLt> SE GOOD
To BE RETESTEt>-
TO RULE lT OlJT

-CLlCK-

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TUESDA'I .JUL'/ 1. I.'VE' GONE OVER 'louR
TEST RESULT.S WITH
DOCTOR WEBBER CAME G\JlTE A FEW OF M'/
IN ... COLLE AGUES'... AS '(OU
t<NOW' Th.e. COLONC>Scopy
WE DID CAME 8ACk
NORMAL ...

Wf oJ1.o.o DID (M-\ UPPER THERE'S G\M AUTO-INIMUNE'

GI w;t" SMALL BoWE:L DI SoRDER CA l LED CROHN'.S
FoLLowTHR0U6H - THIS Dl5€ASE ... WH£Rt FoR
TEST SHOWED VS A SoME REASON THE lM-
COUPLE STRICTURES, IN IVlUNE S'(ST6M BEGINS
TI-\E Dr STAL I LEU/V\ ... AT1"ACklNG THE INT-
ESTrNES' ···,,___

B
THE PRE VI OU S' CH R lSTM AS, WHILE" kE RA t.M1c{
J: WERE 8ACk IN CHICAGO VISITtNG F=AMIL'f,
I C.PtME DOWN WITH A BRUTALL-'f PAINF-VL- CASE
OF PR0S1AT1TIS -THOUGH r
DIDN'T kNoW IT
<a. iht. T\tnE - - I ONL'( kNEW THE PA tN WAS
excRlJclATfNG, :r
..
COULD
t
HARDL'f WALK---

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I DES PER Ai EL'f T~ I ED cRoHN'S
To FlGURE ouT WHAT DISEASE?/
..
WAS WRONG WITH ME···

:t< '' H'f Po c H o N DR I Ac' 5 Gu I o E TO SELF'-0\AGNOSIS~' eGI,

SURE SOUNDS Llk'E CHRONIC INFLAN1ED
WHAT r HAVE ... SURGE R'i Re.cvRR1N6
PA l N RE STR \ c TED
0\ET COLOSTOM't
0
0 BoWE'L RESECTION

;:::\-.1.
THAT N&Gf1T.
3Arn'
O8SES51VE woRRl~R

NOW, PEOPLE WlTH

EVE NTUf\LL '1 THE
PAIN
CRoHN'S NEED To iAl<E.
we NT f\WPt'j ON ITS
owrJ, BuT r
ALWA'IS MEDICATION, o.N\<I. WATCH
REl'nEMBERED M'I \NHAT THE'I EA"T, 13 UT
F£f\R IN GENERAL THE'f Go
ON To LI\JE
RELATIVEL 'I
f"ORMAL
LIVES ...

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I'VE A SkE D THE NV - WE'LL GET THE
TRITIONIS'T oN STA FF BLOOD DRAW FOR
TO COME IN CM,\,( TALI< THAT HIV TE ST, <:W1&.
TO '{OU 1 CN'\l'lel Wf'LL THAi'S \T. 'f0l/'LL PRo -
GET ~OU STARTED ON BABL'f B£ GETTING ovr
PREDNISONE RIG.-.T AWA'/ OF H£RE ToMoRRow
SOM£TtME ...

THAT'~ WHAT
IT LOOl<S
Llk£ ...

THE'I SENT ME HOME. THE NE,<T DA'{ 4 THREE ...

I REMEMBER THE THE WA'/ TH£ Sf1oE5

HEAT oF THE SUN ... FELT ON /'n'f FE£r,
COOL ...

THE. S\ DEWALi< ...

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Wtll, THAT
wAS WEIRD ...

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