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Hi, Dr. Laura. Thank you very, very much for taking my call. I appreciate it. Thank you. Okay, so,

okay. So on July 31, my sister that is a year and a half older than myself passed away with COVID.

My other, I have a younger sister, also, and a younger brother.

My, myself and my younger sister did not find out that my older sister was sick and in the hospital,

or even passed away until August 23rd. So I guess you guys are not close and don't talk to

each other very often. Well, okay. There is, of course, always huge stories and you don't

need to probably hear all that. But there are four of us and communication has always probably

been a struggle within our family. The one who died, one with the last time you had talked to her.

So I only live an hour and a half from her and I, okay, I've always been very slow.

The day she got sick from the day she got sick, go backwards in time and one was the last time

you called her or talked to her. I have stopped, I have stopped by on her birthday, which was May 16th.

And she didn't answer the door and prior to, I have texted and emailed and things and she

doesn't respond. And there's a little bit of bat change in that. She's not, okay,

okay, so you and your deceased sister were not close either.

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