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>> VAL: Seth? Seth.
Honey, could you give us a second?
>> DR. Straub: Val, I don't know what to say. The test results are negative. By all standards
Seth is perfectly healthy.
>> VAL: Seth did you order something?
[KITTY VISION: DVD For Cats]
>> VAL: No no no, he's felling so much better.
Yeah he could be back to work by the end of the week.
Okay if you could just hold his position for the next couple of days.
Yeah, he's really been improving.
Okay thanks. Thanks so much.
>> TV ANNOUNCER: The number of foreign cells living on the average person outnumber human
cells by more than ten to one.
These microorganisms are known as human flora...
[sniffing]
[gasp]
>> RUTHIE: Is this kind of behavior normal for you guys?
>> VAL: No. You don't understand. Things used to be so great. Now it's like
he isn't even the same person anymore. He stopped going to work. He doesn't take care of himself.
I have to do everything.
>> RUTHIE: So break up with him already.
>> VAL: I can't
[insect fluttering]
[phone dialing]
>> PHONE: Pest control.
>> VAL: Hi. I have a moth problem. When can you come and spray?
[ vacuuming ]
'disease human cat'
>> VAL: Brain parasite?
[ doorbell ]
>> VAL: I think I know what's wrong with Seth. It's
a brain parasite. It's called 'Toxoplasmosis'. You get it from cats.
It's thought be harmless but some scientists believe it can affect people in subtle ways.
They think it can cause behavioral changes.
It affects people's brains.
>> DR. STRAUB: And you read this where?
>> VAL: The internet.
It explains Seth's behavior. Can't you prescribe something?
>> DR. STRAUB: Here's something to look up:
Cyberchondria.
It's hypochondria induced by looking up too many medical terms on the internet.
Val. He's probably just in a funk.
>> VAL: A funk? If you had seen what he did--
>> DR STRAUB: It happens to the best of us.
[ insect fluttering ]
>> DR STRAUB: Val?
[ coughing ]
>> VAL: Is this blood?
Seth?
Who's blood is this, Seth?
[ coughing ]
[ coughing ]
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