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A.
And you know, I just ended up giving it to her.
Q.
I take it you did that procedure because she was
not voluntarily taking anything orally, food or liquid?
 
A.
Yeah. It was my understanding she wasn’t eating
or drinking, well; that there could be some, but not
sufficient quantities to - -
 
Q.
Did she have to be restrained to do this
procedure?
 
A.
Well, the way it worked is, I knelt down on the
bed and sat her down. But you know, it wasn’t like
forcing down. Basically, just guided her down. There
were people around who were holding her, just in case she
did do something, but it wasn’t like forcibly holding
down. There wasn’t a lot of struggling or anything like
that. It was
-- at least not that I was aware of.
You know, I was worried about -- I’m putting my
fingers in this girl’s mouth --
 
Q.
Might lose one.
A.
I was worried about teeth. That’s what I was
paying attention to.
 
Q.
Come out of there one digit short.
Did you accomplish the mission, so to speak?
 
A.
Yeah, yeah. The first time went really well.
gave her some.
 
And like I said, I was kind of running it down

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