or, another way to put it....

op's son needed medicine.

so, op gave a slip of paper to a non-living entity organized as slips of paper, that was given authorization to exist by slips of paper. for the slip of paper the op gave to the slip of paper, op received slips of paper that were slightly different.

op then gave the slips of paper to another non-living entity organized as slips of paper, that was given authorization to exist by slips of paper.

for this, the son received the medicine he needed for his health.

op decided not to give slips of paper back to the slips of paper that gave op the slips of paper that op needed to give to the other slips of paper...

how can one steal slips of paper from a slip of paper?

if people stopped giving so much power to the slips of paper, maybe the world would become a better place.