Argh, ita love. Hugs and sympathy for your sister and her BF, his friends, and their families.
Trudy, thanks for responding to Cindy here, I should have thought to myself, but not so much with the logic yesterday.
Morbid stats department: 30 Australians are now confirmed dead, 180 are still missing, and 130 injured. I'm pissed because those numbers are all I've been hearing today, and there's barely any mention of the other countries that suffered losses. Grr.
In less teeth grinding news, my friends are conscious and doing fairly well! After some initial surgery to remove shrapnel they were transported to a hospital here, so their families are nearby. My precious boy has burns to 30% of his body, and he is the major worry right now. His girlfriend has burns to 15% of her body, and they aren't as severe, but she fared worse with the shrapnel. They'll both be undergoing further surgery in the coming days and weeks.
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great, and heaven knows they've got a long way to go, but they're responding well to treatment, they're stable, and they're alive, so I'm ticking the Woo Hoo column.
ita, I'm so sorry.
{{Min}} It does look like the better news. I hope you're at least somewhat better yourself.
Min,
I'm sending healing vibes to your friends.
ita, I'm so sorry.
{{{Min}}} I'm glad you know more, and that they're doing better.
Oh, Min, it's good to see you here even with such dire news. Sharpnel and burns - fucking world.
Oh, Min, ita - that's just shocking. Best thoughts to all involved.
{{{All of you}}} back. I'm really doing much better today, it was the uncertainty that was freaking me out, and then that semi-hysterical relief just to
know,
either way.
Now I'm mostly just tired, and want to hide from the world for a while. I've known Michael and his family for, well, forever, so I became the touchstone for our group of friends during the last few days. For phone/communication hating me, that alone was exhausting. And then Trin's people ringing as well, people-that-i-don't-know-horror. But I had a good nap yesterday afternoon, and I'm aiming to skip my classes today in favour of sleep and relaxing. Even though I have overdue assignments and Too Much Work, but screw it.
Hang in there, Min. Get some rest.
