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Growing up, Dennis Whitaker learned that being ill is a greater detriment to others than it is to himself.
If he got sick, it affected his family. Fewer hands on the farm meant more work for everybody else. Which, in turn, gave his brothers all the more reason to tease and bully him. He understood, though, that they always saw him as the runt. He learned from a young age that if he didn't attempt to work or pull his weight, he was a burden on the rest of his family.
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Dennis has diabetes and religious guilt, and a certain er attending helps him discover what it’s like to be known.
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20 Mar 2026