Apparently when I had blood poisoning I was dancing on a thinner line than I thought. My blood pressure was making the docs very antsy, and they were on a watch to see if my body would finally kick over and all the drugs they had me on would then drive my pressure down too far.

It's too bad they didn't double check that sample, but doctors do sometimes get a little panicky.

Doctors are in serious cover their asses mode these days.

I ignored the prescribed brain MRI for my son when he had an unexplained pain in his jaw. I took him to an ENT because I thought it might be an ear infection, and when they ruled that out they prescribed the MRI. Also high on my list was just a pinched nerve because he plays a lot of sports and is fragile. I opted to wait a couple days and see if it resolved, which it did. I felt that twinge of 'horrible mother' syndrome for not having the big test, but went with instinct. A few days later we got a certified letter from the doctors office advising us that they were not responsible if something horrible happened because they ordered the test and I ignored them.

Bonny, I am so sorry that you have this stress to distract from focusing on healing and recovery.

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Many hugs to you meara, I hope you are feeling better today.

And hugs to you too Stephanie. I think you are enormously brave. Divorce is hard, parenting is hard, single parenting is even harder, and yet you deal with all of it.

Dang Laura.

I wish I hadn't gone through with an MRI when I had "women's problems" IOW heavy monthly bleeding and low iron levels. I had an ultrasound already. I didn't need an MRI as well. But since I later had surgery, I guess the MRI was helpful to the surgeon!

And hugs to you too Stephanie. I think you are enormously brave. Divorce is hard, parenting is hard, single parenting is even harder, and yet you deal with all of it.

All of this!

meara is included in a group of people I know here, and IRL, that I just don't get why someone hasn't lassoed them into a permanent loving relationship. Because sexy, and smart, and so very appealing. I really don't understand.

Thanks, guys. I really appreciate it. part of my new headspace these days is to 1) let people be nice to me and 2) tell them it's nice having them be nice. So...thank you!

I like you and am continually impressed by you and how you've handled everything, Stephanie, and how much you care about/for your kids. And your pictures of Sammy are always delightful.

meara is included in a group of people I know here, and IRL, that I just don't get why someone hasn't lassoed them into a permanent loving relationship. Because sexy, and smart, and so very appealing. I really don't understand.

What Laura said.

I spent the day hanging out with my niece again (4 months old today)! She was a cranky boo and slept most of the time I was there.

Where is everyone tonight? It's TCG's late meeting night, and I'm bored.

I emailed the landlord about getting a dog. Now I'm all nervous that she'll say no.

And I'm looking at photos of the dogs at the local shelter. There's a litter of chihuahua mix puppies that are just adorable.