Losing Isaiah
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She wouldn't know
what to do.

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I'm just so afraid we're
going to lose him.

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- What if we lose him?
- We're not going to lose him.

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- I couldn't bear to lose him.
- We're not going to lose him.

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No, but what if we do?
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Margaret, we're not,
we're not going to lose him.

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Charlie, did you see
how beautiful she was?

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She was so beautiful.
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I was never no prostitute.
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You never took money for sex?
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That was for drugs.
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Well, that makes it okay, then.
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Objection.
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Sustained.
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Who's Isaiah's father?
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I don't know.
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So I assume that he won't be
helping you with child care.

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Who will you turn to, Khaila?
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Is there any kind
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of support system
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that you can depend on
to help you with Isaiah?

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My counselor, Gussie Chestnut,
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my sponsor,
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my friends.
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These people
you've just mentioned,

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aren't they all reformed
drug addicts themselves?

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They all been clean
for at least five years.

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Just answer the question,
please, yes or no?

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Yes.
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Couldn't they relapse
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at any time?
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I mean, there's no
real assurance

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that you yourself
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won't relapse,
is there?

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That's not going to happen.
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"That's not going to happen."
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The pledge
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of a drug-addicted prostitute.
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Seizures, inter-cranial bleeds,
malformed kidneys.

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And all these can be
the result of drug use

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while the child is in utero?
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Yes, and they're almost always
low-birth-weight babies,

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frequently premature,
higher incidence of crib death.

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And later?
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They're usually
highly irritable.

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Some have severe
learning disabilities,

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moodiness, poor coordination.

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