No good Jodi. I added echo statements before and after and still the same results:
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MESSAGE 1
0(0).MSH(0) : >|^~&|MCKESSON|AGH|HNAM|050|20050314150856||ADT^A08|07378|P|2.3|||AL|NE<
0(0).EVN(0) : >|A08|20050314150837<
blah…blah…blah…
0(0).DG1(1) : >|3|||THIS IS JUST A TEST – ADMITTING DIAGNOSIS TEXT – IT IS THIS LONG >>>>>>>>>||AD<
Thanks anyway!