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Dr. Balis:
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Hello.
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Ms. Ulreich:
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Hi, Doctor Balis.
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Dr. Balis:
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Who is this?
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Ms. Ulreich:
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This is Nicole Ulreich.
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Dr. Balis:
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Hello, Nicole. How are you feeling? Any better?
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Ms. Ulreich:
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Not really, I was just calling because I have nothing better to do and you're a good listener--so why not bother you? Huh?
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Dr. Balis:
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We have an appointment in half an hour. Are you coming this week?
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Ms. Ulreich:
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No, my doctor said that I wouldn't be able to get out of bed for another week.
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Dr. Balis:
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What about your cheerleading and student government?
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Ms. Ulreich:
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Well, I won in my race and so did my boyfriend.
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Dr. Balis:
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What about your other friends?
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Ms. Ulreich:
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One dropped out, and the other lost because she was running against a girl who bought most of the football team's votes by flashing them.
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Dr. Balis:
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Really?
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Ms. Ulreich:
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No. She was just really nice and responsible.
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Dr. Balis:
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I see.
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Ms. Ulreich:
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So, mono is just awful!
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Dr. Balis:
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How so?
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Ms. Ulreich:
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Well, I can't see my friends or kiss my boyfriend. I can't go out to the movies. All I can do is roam around the house, watch movies, and do homework. I can talk on the phone sometimes and get on a computer once a day for 3 hours, but that's it. It really sucks having mono. I wish I could be back to normal. I miss having fun.
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Dr. Balis:
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Hmm. How's Angela?
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Ms. Ulreich:
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Fine, I guess. Her grandmother told me that I was not allowed to be near Angie ever again.
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Dr. Balis:
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Why?
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Ms. Ulreich:
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Well, Angie's grandmother thinks I was the one who started Angie on drugs.
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Dr. Balis:
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Wasn't it Angie who got you into drugs?
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Ms. Ulreich:
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Yes! Either she has been lying to her grandmother, or her grandmother just wants to blame me for Angie's problems.
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Dr. Balis:
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I see.
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Ms. Ulreich:
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And when I call Angie, her nurses tell her grandmother and she calls and tells me off. Once, she called me a stupid little slut who only wanted to drag her innocent granddaughter into my drug ring. And that was actually one of the nicer things she said to me.
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Dr. Balis:
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Have you tried telling Angie's grandmother that you've stopped using drugs?
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Ms. Ulreich:
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Yeah, but she doesn't care. She thinks "once a drug user always a drug user."
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Dr. Balis:
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And what do you think?
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Ms. Ulreich:
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People change.
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Dr. Balis:
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Hmm. Do they always change?
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Ms. Ulreich:
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No.
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Dr. Balis:
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Do you think your stepfather has changed?
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Ms. Ulreich:
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Which one?
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Dr. Balis:
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The first one.
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Ms. Ulreich:
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No. He'll never change. He's on his fifth wife.
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Dr. Balis:
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Which wife was your mom?
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Ms. Ulreich:
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His second.
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Dr. Balis:
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Did he abuse all of the kids he lived with?
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Ms. Ulreich:
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Yeah. I still talk to his daughter, Kerri. She was the one who told me that he has moved on to the fifth one--fifth wife, I mean.
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Dr. Balis:
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Did he abuse Kerri?
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Ms. Ulreich:
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Yes.
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Dr. Balis:
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Does she still talk to him?
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Ms. Ulreich:
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Sometimes.
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Dr. Balis:
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How old is Kerri?
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Ms. Ulreich:
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Seventeen. She still spends summers with him.
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Dr. Balis:
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Does he still abuse her?
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Ms. Ulreich:
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Yes. Physically and sexually. She told her mom, but her mother didn't believe her.
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Dr. Balis:
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I see.
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Ms. Ulreich:
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Her mom is not a nice person. I don't understand how Kerri puts up with her.
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Dr. Balis:
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Why?
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Ms. Ulreich:
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Her mom is a prostitute, or at least she was when I met her. I can't understand how Kerri could be so normal when her family is the way it is.
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Dr. Balis:
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Hmm.
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Ms. Ulreich:
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So nothing is really going on in my life.
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Dr. Balis:
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How is your relationship with your boyfriend progressing?
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Ms. Ulreich:
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Wonderful. He's so nice to me. He listens to me. He would never hurt me, like all my other boyfriends had. Okay. I got to go now.
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Dr. Balis:
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All right. It was nice talking with you, Nicole. I hope you feel better soon. Call me when you are ready to set up an appointment.
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Ms. Ulreich:
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Okay. Goodbye, Doctor Balis.
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Dr. Balis:
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Goodbye, Nicole.
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Doctor Balis' Notes on this Telephone Call
Transcripts of Nicole Ulreich's Communications
