“I have this problem. I think this guy is a danger to himself. I don’t want you to talk him into the spinal tap. I just want you to get him to reconsider the whole situation.” So Edgar and I went to see Ruby to hear why he didn’t want the tap. “Because I don’t want to get paralyzed . . . because I got better the first time . . . because I’ll get better again. I ain’t worried I might die of some burst aneurysm I may not even have.” Ruby was never angry or sarcastic, merely insistent.
