Much health-ma to S and coping-ma for Sean.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Spike's Bitches 31: We're Motivated Go-getters.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 15, 2006 7:20:11 am PDT #8645 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Nicole - Aug 15, 2006 7:23:15 am PDT #8646 of 10001
I'm getting the pig!
Goodness... where to begin.
Yay for sexy accent having roomies, lisah!
Lots of job ~ma being flung about in all directions to Brenda and Calli and Matt and anyone else that I may have missed.
Cashmere, that sucks that you didn't get the job. Definitely not the right place for you right now, is all I can think. ::kicks asshat::
Is there anything we can do to help? A hotel room closer to the hospital so you don't have to drive so far? Gift certificate for food that doesn't come in a tube? Don't be afraid to say so.
Thirding this. Good call, Sparky.
{{{Bitches}}}
Sparky1 - Aug 15, 2006 7:25:32 am PDT #8647 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
job ~ma for Calli, brenda & beth's DH! I just had a total bitch session with one of the other people here, and it felt great in the I-am-not-alone-nor-am-I-crazy way.
After my father's bypass surgery, the nurses advised my mother not to come to the hospital while he was on the ventilator as it was too traumatic for people to see their spouse that way -- he'd just look awful and she wouldn't get memory out of her head. My mother was a nurse, so she thought she could handle it. She couldn't, and despite the fact that she didn't take their advice, she thanked them for giving it.
SailAweigh - Aug 15, 2006 7:26:43 am PDT #8648 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Huh. I thought watching my daughter come out of anesthetic was hilarious, but then she hadn't really been put under. They'd given her this drug that just makes you forget what's happening to you while it's happening. So, when she was in recovery she was pretty lucid, only she could never remember what she said. She asked me three times in about 10 minutes if we could go to Taco Bell on the way home and forgot that she asked each and every time.
Cashmere - Aug 15, 2006 7:28:09 am PDT #8649 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
job-ma for Calli, brenda & Beth's DH.
Why am I not outside right now? It's GORGEOUS!
Sparky1 - Aug 15, 2006 7:29:12 am PDT #8650 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Why am I not outside right now? It's GORGEOUS!
No wireless connection?
Sean K - Aug 15, 2006 7:29:40 am PDT #8651 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Okay, finishing tea, putting on shoes, and heading to the hospital again.
Thanks, everyone.
juliana - Aug 15, 2006 7:32:57 am PDT #8652 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Is there anything we can do to help? A hotel room closer to the hospital so you don't have to drive so far? Gift certificate for food that doesn't come in a tube? Don't be afraid to say so.
Very good call, Sparky.
Last time I was under, I'm fairly sure I came out of it like a champ, but I know there are parts I don't quite remember. Or, at all, really. Much better than the previous two times, where as soon as I regained consciousness, I started throwing up. Bless that last anaesthesia team.
Pix - Aug 15, 2006 7:35:29 am PDT #8653 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Sean, I don't have your current cell. Can you email it to me? Very worried about you. I know you won't ask, so I'm telling you that we are going to take you out to a meal at some point today.
Remember, S. even said when we saw her Friday night that she wants you to not spend every second at the hospital with her--that she wants you to get out and eat and be distracted. We are going to provide that whether you want it or not, bucko. t /nagging sister-type
Hugs. Soon in person.
Sparky1 - Aug 15, 2006 7:37:53 am PDT #8654 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
where as soon as I regained consciousness, I started throwing up
This is me. I've never had any anesthesia from a little nitrous oxide in the dentist's chair to being completely under for surgery that didn't make me sick. After I had my wisdom teeth out I threw up for 36 hours. Not fun with a mouth full of stitches. I don't generally blame the doctors, I just think I'm blessed with a stomach that will backflip with a full twist at the slightest provocation.