IN: Our HMO had hung us out to dry , having invoked the " take her to therapy " prescription for anything they are not interested in finding out about , and besides , every time we took her to the ER they managed to hurt her , and she was n't getting better with the best that the Lyme specialists had to offer . We decided to ramp her down off the antibiotics for a while just to see where she was . Frankly we did n't need expensive alternative treatments . We 'd already done a refi on the house .
Why does the narrator seem leery of the hospital ?

OUT: Their friend was harmed there before .

IN: I do n't know if I 'll finish it in time for her big party , but I 'll give it a shot . If not , I know I can finish that boa thing she wants , and save this one for Christmas . Tomorrow is Russell 's first day of preschool .
What may be the reason for them being able to finish the boa thing ?

OUT: It;s a faster pattern .

IN: Ick . " Rin held up her hands and made a face . " I 'll be right back . " She swished the stains and stink away in the running stream and scrubbed well with clean sand and under her fingernails until her skin turned pink . Her right hand seemed a little weak , the buzz and tingle increasing rather than going away . On the same side , her neck and the joint of her jaw grew numb .
What might have happened to Rin before that she 's growing numb on her right side ?

OUT:
Rin might have been exposed to some kind of poison .