“The first is the medical summary my son filed with this court.

I would draw your attention to a particular sentence, which states that I had demonstrated increasing confusion and an inability to remember recent injuries.” I let him read it.

“The second document,” I said, “is the certified record, obtained directly from my physician’s office, of that same visit.” The judge compared them.

In the certified original, that sentence, the crucial one, the one describing confusion and memory loss, did not exist.

It had been added.