Bong Hit?

What's that in Ernie's head? Is he having a little bit o' whammy-jammy to help him cope with chemo?

Hardly. It's yet another medicine he's on called pentamidine, which is now part of his weekly treatment. Allegedly, it's nothing big without any side effects. If so, then why:

*While I'm sucking in that stuff, nobody could is allowed to be in the room with me?

*The nurse calls the paraphernalia a "peace pipe"?

*It makes a gurgling sound as I inhale it in?

Sure sounds fishy. Not "fishy" rather, "trippy."