(x-posted to journal and natter and bitches, oh my!)
Hey everyone – we’re post-op and we’re looking good!
Everything went very well, except for the 1:15 AM emergency dental office visit to replace the piece of temporary crown which broke off 6 hours before the surgery was scheduled to start. Yeah, that part wasn’t in the original plan.
The doctor said the surgery went better than he expected it to. Took about 2 hours, (in which time I managed to explore pretty much every inch of Abbott Northwestern Hospital….) She came out of anesthesia well enough, made it home, and has been doing very well – up and about, functioning like a normal person, except her face is very puffy and cute, but she's got her beautiful cheekbones back, which is very wonderful.. Hell, she’s doing better than me, as I now attempt to catch up on much lost sleep.
So – thank you for all the various ~ma that came her way – obviously it all was of great help. Thanks
Z
Not Apocalypsy, but I am participating in an event to raise money for AIDS research and services. If anyone is interested in sponsoring me, please send me an email and I will direct you to the website where they are taking donations. THANKS!
((((Juliana))))
Requesting a little Health Care - ma for my best friend
(pauses, blinks, considers, realises that that probably IS the description that fits my flatmate/colleague these days, me-in-the-closet-ness notwithstanding)
who's just spent a week in hospital following a severe & decidedly scary attack of Bronchitis & Asthma which led to 3 days in Intensive Care on oxygen and a drip. We brought her home last night, she's way way way better, but the nasty wee twist was that our health insurance? Apparently nonexistant. Although our employer says it's a mix up, and that they're sending someone today to pay off the 800 pounds sterling that she now owes the hospital and collect her passport from them. (I handed over 200 pounds when she was admitted.)
Sure makes me appreciate the hell out of Britain, where you just don't
consider
that kind of problem. (Three cheers for the National Health Service, however tatty it may be.)
Anyway, any tiny snippets of leftover -ma lying around would be appreciated over here in Cairo, because we still don't know whether it WILL all get paid for. The Health Insurers seemed pretty damned convinced that our cover had expired and not been renewed. (This is a bit of a shock for me on a selfish note too, of course.)
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Strikes me I should perhaps add, flatmate has been most thoroughly converted to the BtVS side of the force over the past few months; not only did buy
Once More With Feeling
when she went home in the summer time, but she and I quite often have singalongaOMWF evenings and she's now watched Seasons 3, 4 and 5 in their entirity courtesy of a friend's DVDs. Indeed, she watched Season 5 in hospital this past week - I warned her that it was not exactly cheerful or hospital-friendly viewing, but she was slightly spoiled. Was totally endeared when she texted me from her hospital bed with the following:
OMG! JOYCE DEAD! SPIKE TRIANGLE! GLORY KNOWS ABOUT THE KEY!
Hope I can sell my toaster for enough money to cover her hospital fees.
A little on edge here. Brendon's brother went to the hosptial this morning. He is still in the ER but they have admitted him and he'll be staying 24-48 or something. His ankle bothered him a bit on Wednesday. He didn't mention it during the festivities yesterday. This morning the ankle was swollen to basketball size and work sent him to the ER. Now he is hugely swollen up to the knee. They are giving him lots of IV anti-biotics and doing bunches of tests. Eeeek. Of course Brendon is with him. He even ran out to buy him a radio to listen to the Heat/Pistons game. Some ~ma would be appreciated.
Laistas! On the off chance that any of you were planning on coming to dinner with Billytea and I in Marina Del Ray, please to not.
8 hours after we left Monterey, we have only made it as far as Aimee's place, where we are taking a breather. We will be having pizza at my place though, so if you want to join us, let me know!
A good friend's mom needs a lot of ~ma right now. Also ~ma for the friend. It's health related and that's all I can say, but she's in a rough place right now.
Grant-ma results part un: Yaaaayyy! Just heard back today from our first (and major) foundation -- they've granted our full request amount! This covers damn near everything not already dealt with by individuals, etc. Okay, not everything. But near enough where I can say, yes, we're doing the program next year. Yaaaaayyy!
So thanks, Buffistas for the -ma. Grant-ma part deux we should hear about in January.
The Empress and I are heading for le hospital for (we think) the impending arrival of Princess Emeline Jayne Conat, Miracleborn I.
News as it, ya know...happens and junk.
I HAVE A JOB!!!
Starting officially tomorrow, at the place I've been temping for a while, but in a different position. (Tech instead of admin.) WOO HOO!!
