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Dear Abby readers share name change, hospital care, and neighbor tale
A collection of Dear Abby letters recounts Susan's daughter shifting to the name Rose and a father’s struggle to adapt. Others discuss hospital touch, a nurse's kindness during a spinal tap, and a neighborhood couple’s public affair drawing neighbors into a makeshift witness twist.
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Abby
Susan
Rose
California
Arcadia
Calif
Joan Fry
Newhall
Oceanside
N.Y
Taco
Wash