Clarify before Declaring

From the Prisma Visions Tarot, the Three of Swords; from the Secret Language of Color Cards, Indigo:

If you don't know, it's not always necessary to admit it.

―Malcolm Forbes

There’s no shame in admitting what you don’t know. The only shame is pretending you know all the answers.

―Neil deGrasse Tyson

Knee-jerk assumptions can spread unverified beliefs as facts, prejudicing information that may hurt others. We got a call this weekend that the youngest of our grown sons had been taken to the hospital by ambulance after he collapsed and was unresponsive at his gym. The EMTs used Narcon, which revived him, so they called it in as an overdose. The ER doctors intubated him and put him in the Critical Care Unit. Only after a lot of tests and gathering information from the family over the course of several days did they realize this was not that. He had been taking a low dose opioid for a knee injury, which is why he responded to the Narcon. But he had been found in the gym's sauna and had a tumor on his adrenal gland; the intense heat and out of whack gland were the cause of his collapse. The "overdose" label had been a weighty one for the family to bear. Indigo, a deep purple-violet color, suggests we improve our vision. Before making any declarations, we need to ask clarifying questions and check the factual evidence. Ignore Forbes and listen to Tyson.