More news on the kid ...

I just talked to the kid.
Apparently, he'd eaten a bad hamburger.
Ecoli, Salmonella, ... ??

The most important thing is that he's a lot better now.
He had to walk all the way from the hospital, out of town, to here.
A one hour walk in the burning sun!
I did give him a dollar for the cab fare, but while he was sleeping somebody at E.R. removed it from his pocket!

I asked him what the scribbles on his belly were.

Oh... that's your telephone number, he said.
They asked me who they had to call in case of emergency, and I told them your number.
They wrote it on my belly!

Well... the most important thing is that he is OK now...
I gave him some money to take the bus to his mom's place.

He thanked me for everything, which is always nice to hear!
And he told me he wouldn't touch a street hamburger for a while...!