What AmyLiz said.

{{Suzi and mom}}

Poor David. I shouldn't be laughing at you. So I'm laughing with you. (Had a sleepless baby night last night, feel your pain like whoa.)

I'm sort of laughing along with both of you. We also did the freak-ass schedule last night for some reason. Liv went to bed at 10. I went to bed at midnight, had some difficulty falling asleep. Then Liv got up at 1:30. And at 2:00. And I gave up trying to get her back to sleep by 3:00.

She finally went back down for good at 4:30. And Owen got up at 6:30. I squeezed in a little sleep between 5 and 7:30--DH got up with Owen before he went to work but he had to wake me when it was time to leave.

Serpentine!

It's a great, classic moment. Did they do "Serpentine!" in the crappy remake?

{{{Suzi's mom}}} My cousin has received a kidney from one of his brothers and his mother (after the first donated one failed). I can't get over how much they have to cut you open to do this! I hope they can take care of her pain quickly.

Hey, all. Halloweenie! Or, um SeptembeWeenie? I skipped and skimmed to check in while my students are watching a movie.

Yeah, for JZ and David! SO exciting! And remind to nevernevernever have a baby! Yowch.

I have SO MANY BOOKS in my classroom. AND I get bookshelves hopefully tomorrow.

Ok, gotta go.

{{SuziQ and SuziMom}}

{{HecBrain}} I'm so glad everything is going well and they get to come home on Saturday. You're such a good dad. Matilda is a lucky girl to have the wonderful parents and brother she's got.

Hec, if'n you're in the mood to answer a musical question, Nick has been interested in some music with a jazzy sound ala the demon in OMWF. He wants to find something similar to soak his brain in, but has had difficulty finding quite the right sound. The closest thing I can come to it is the soundtrack to Chicago. Any suggestions you'd like to impart?

Oh Suzi, I'm so sorry. Much ease-ma to her for the pain, and to you, for the worry.

David, I'm still bouncing a little at New!Baby!Girl! but I do hear you on the sleepnow!sleepnow! brainogram. Squooz JZ for me, and little Matilda, too. And punch Emmett on the arm--and then hug him, too.

What's with all the crap-ass medical equipment anyway? We had so many faulty telemetry monitors and missing cords and whatnot. I'm thinking that hospitals run hard on the profit line don't maintain and upgrade like they used to.

Tell.me.about.it. Don't wanna talk hospitals just now.

I wished Nicole happy elsewhere, but Happy Belated, you! I hope there was cake.

There was probably more I meant to say, but all I can think about is Haircut! This afternoon! And I'm trying to summon and mentally practice the body language and gestures to accompany the instructions:"Too short last time. Shorter than now, longer than then."

Thanks AmyLiz and everyone else. They haven't replaced her central line because she has veins from hell and it was hard enough to get that one in. They have left it for blood draws so they don't have to stick her a million times, but right now it is for output only, no input. She does have another iv line, but for whatever reason, they won't hook up the pump to that. She is pver 3 days post op, so she shouldn't be on the pump now anyway.

I'm just afraid to call her now and I wish she would call me.

I'm sorry for all the fussing. Once again I'm using b.org for my venting cause work is not the place to vent and I have to "be strong" for my family. I already freaked DH out yesterday when I called him crying.

Once again I'm using b.org for my venting cause work is not the place to vent and I have to "be strong" for my family.

You vent here all you want. It's more than fine.

Maybe she *shouldn't* be on the pump now, but if she's still in that much pain, the doctors should think of other options. Older patients take longer to recuperate anyway. Poor Suzi's mom.

Also? Crap veins are so hard. My mom has the same problem. So do I, for whatever reason. I mean, I'm young, fairly healthy, and no one can ever get an IV into me without three or four tries. I went into gall bladder surgery stone cold sober because the nurse had to stop at three sticks, and then the anesthesiologist was like, "What's with you? You have no blood!" Before he pumped me full of Valium, of course.

Suzi, if you can't vent here, then neither can we. And damn if I'ma give up a venting space. So you go right ahead and vent all ya want. Plus we care about what is going on in your life, so we want to hear it.