'Serenity'
Birth, death, illness, new job, vacation...if it's happening to you and you want us to know about it, post it here. These threads are intended for announcements only. Want to offer sympathy or congratulations, or talk about anything? Take it to Natter. Any natter here will be deleted.
My Dad had a heart attack this morning. My grandma evidentally forgot my number and where mom worked and so Mom got a messag when she got home and called me.
I talked to him -- he realized what was going on and called work then 911. But it was mild and he has a stent and that's all I know.
We still have to figure out how to tell my brother who's in NZ.
Lots and lots of all kinds of ~ma please.
Continued healthma requested for my dad. He hasn't had any further TIA's, but one of the many scans they've done revealed a spot on one of his lungs, so they did a surgical biopsy today. There was some lymphatic involvement as well, and the surgeon is almost certain it's cancer, but they won't know for a few days what kind. And it's possible, even likely, that it has nothing to do with the TIA's.
Dammit.
My sister Jeannie called. My nephew Chris is home from Iraq.
Nope, not a furlough. The good kind of home.
Health-ma request for my brother-in-law. The bottom 1/3 of his esophagus has changed to intestinal tissue (I guess this is called Barrett's syndrome) which is considered a precancerous situation. He's on meds, but the one oncologist in town is moving in two weeks. So ~ma for the meds working, and whatever lifestyle changes he needs to implement.
I just got off the phone with Maria who asked me to post here for her because she is without internet for the next three days.
She would like a little medical ~ma sent PA-ward for her mother, who is going to the hospital due to an allergic reaction. She's not too concerned about the reaction itself, but she's very concerned about the fact her mom does not have health insurance and may end up stuck with a big bill and/or an expensive medication.
March can end now. Anytime.
Job~ma for me, please. I've just turned in my resume at our Big Regional Theater for a job that I would not only kick ass in, but take names as well. I desperately want this job. I need this job.
(Also a little "don't make an ass of yourself"~ma, because I'll be seeing the woman who will be making the hiring decision at the show opening tonight, and I fear enthusiasm- and wine-induced babbling.)
A Buffista is in the New York Times! (Not printing her pseud here for fear of Google, but I think you all know who she is.) [link] for password;
Nice picture, too.
A friend from gaming (in Maine) just got back from Iraq, and like Daniel's nephew, she's not just on a furlough.
Woo-hoo!!!! Her daughter Q (who's also a gamer) must be so frelling relieved!
Hello? Uh... Hello? Is this thing on?
Uhm, this isn't Raquel, it's actually her husband, and I have been asked to relay that yesterday at 1430hr Athens time, young Mallory James came kicking and fussing into the world. Mom and baby are doing well and resting comfortably.
Labor was a 10 hour affair, and Raq has some lovely stories of being surrounded by nearly a dozen burly Greek nurses all shouting encouragments in Greek through the final stages of the 10 hour labor. She plans to share.
Young Mallory is a healthy 2.2e+27 atomic mass units (8 lbs), has the normal count of eyes, fingers, and toes, (two, ten, eleven) and if genetics run true, currently has more hair than he ever will again at any other point in his life.
So, errr, thanks and stuff. We'll be back to our regularly scheduled Raq shortly.