Edit the following passage. Correct any errors in capitalization, spelling, and punctuation. Divide the passage into paragraphs. Make only essential changes.

Question

When my husband Joe had major surgery five years ago, each of his family members responded just as I knew they would. John, his father, decided to organize the family’s calls. Because, of course, everything would run so much more smoothly. Thus Jane, Matt, and Jim recieved detailed sheets of instructions in the mail. Telling them which days to telephone r.j. smith hospital to talk to Joe and what presents to send. Jane, enraged, promptly threw a tantrum. Calling Matt and me to complain about her father’s overbearing behavior. “I,” she yelled, “am a Psychiatrist who knows how to handle these situations, i am not still a child.” Matt also responded predictably. By avoiding the situation. He threw himself into his work. Normally a late sleeper, Matt took to leaving at 5:00 a.m., driving on the deserted expressway and arriving at work before six a.m. In addition, he didn’t return until 11:00 p.m. When he would fall into bed so exhausted that he couldn’t worry about Joe. Jim, too, responded predictably. He fumed inside for weeks, ignored John’s instructions, and sent cartons of books to Joe. So that he would never be bored. The books were funny. Because Jim had read Norman Cousins’ book about the healing power of laughter. Within a few months, Joe recovered from the surgery-in spite of his family.

Answer 1

When my husband Joe had major surgery five years ago, each of his family members responded just as I knew he or she would. John, his father, decided to organize the family’s calls, because, of course, everything would run so much more smoothly. Thus Jane, Matt, and Jim received detailed sheets of instructions in the mail telling them which days to telephone R. J. Smith Hospital to talk to Joe and what presents to send.
Jane, enraged, promptly threw a tantrum, calling Matt and Jim to complain about her father’s overbearing behavior. “I,” she yelled, “am a psychiatrist who knows how to handle these situations; (or . I) I am not still a child.”
Matt also responded predictably by avoiding the situation. He threw himself into his work. Normally a late sleeper, Matt took to leaving at 5:00 a.m., driving on the deserted expressway, and arriving at work before 6:00 a.m. In addition, he didn’t return until 11:00 p.m., when he would fall into bed so exhausted that he couldn’t worry about Joe.
Jim, too, responded predictably. He fumed inside for weeks, ignored John’s instructions, and sent cartons of books to Joe so that he would never be bored. The books were funny because Jim had read Norman Cousins’ book about the healing power of laughter. Within a few months, Joe recovered from the surgery—in spite of his family.