How's *his* back treating him?

Not nearly as well as yours. The degeneration keeps creeping up through his spinal disks. They relieve the pressure further down, and the ones above give out.

Still, he can drive again, and his shoulder's doing very nicely after that last bit of roto-rootering.

How's *his* back treating him?

Not nearly as well as yours. The degeneration keeps creeping up through his spinal disks. They relieve the pressure further down, and the ones above give out.

Yeesh. He needs a full copper repipe.

Still, he can drive again

So, it sounds like *some* progress, then?

Yeesh. He needs a full copper repipe.

Oh, yeah.

The improvement is good. I think what was so horrible about the last round of damage was that a disk the doctor wasn't even suspecting had actually split in two. The neurosurgeon actually apologized for dismissing how much pain Hubby was in and said, "You shouldn't have been able to move, you essentially have had a broken back for the last six months."

Vikings, if it doesn't involve pulsing aterial wounds and foreign objects sticking out of them, they don't think they're hurt.

Most disappointing event of the weekend?

Em CRIED when I put her birthday tiara on.

I almost followed suit.

I'm going to hope this is just cause she is wee and will like them next year.

Maybe she just doesn't like stuff on her head right now, Aimee. Her reaction to that Little Mermaid birthday hat was cranky times ten. According to the pictures.

That was about her response to the tiara.

If the pharmacies who wanted to let Pharmacist X refuse to fill prescriptions according to conscience, would ensure (by how they schedule their staff) that another pharmacist/tech-allowed-to-fill-prescriptions was also on duty--one who would fill the prescriptions Pharmacist X refused to fill, I'd be all for this law--then it would mean more freedom for more people.

From Tom's link above, it sounds like CVS has hit it exactly right. If a particular pharmacist has religious objections to dispensing something, they are required to notify their superiors before a customer walks in with a prescription. This way they can schedule to avoid problems. If there is a time when only one pharm is working, and that is the person with the issues, they have procedures in place to have another CVS immediately fill the script and deliver it either to the store or the customer's home.

I think it's time for a nap.

Ok - not saying anything else about prospective jobs or calls for DH. The company that said they would call at 9:30 to arrange an interview has not called. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

vw, just so you know, there's a wicked stomach bug making its rounds through our elementary school. Also, per our pediatrician, if you're still in the throwing phase it is better to eat nothing, and not throw any more, than it is to eat. Just make sure you get enough clear fluids (the fat in the chicken soup probably harshed your tummy's mellow; and fruit juices seem harder to tolerate than ginger ale for some reason), but again, it's better to limit yourself (teeny sips here and there, throughout the day) rather than throw up more.

Cindy, VW, that one is going through our family, too. Thursday, the school secretary said she had so many teachers out sick that she was running out of substitutes.

The call nurse I talked to said NO ACIDS, and that fruit juice was especially bad for that, including apple. Stick to water and gatorade. After you can consistently keep water down, add saltine crackers, slowly. Once you can keep those down, the good old BRAT diet (Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast). It lasts 5-7 days.