Jessica,

I love the Bean image. Just love it.

I'm going to engage in hyperbole and just say that Romney's campaign slogan is just, "Vote for me because I'm the white guy."

Why not? It's working.

Oh msbelle, sending lots of coping~ma your way.

Oh it's just a set-back of really disgusting proportions. Therapy is tomorrow night, of course, so at leads we have stuff to talk about. I think we need to double his nightly dose of anti-anxiety.

also? why did I choose to skip dinner. stupidly hungry now.

China can do whatever the hell it wants and has done for 5000 years

Well except for that whole Opium War bit where Britain forced them to be addicts to fatten their profit margins.

Geez, msbelle, that's awful. I would have no idea what to do!

The doctor did not say how much dilaudid, and...I punked out. I was so grateful to be getting >0, I just nodded. I cannot take care of myself. I told him my neuro's name, and that the doses were on file....but I'm scared if I cause trouble, they won't give me anything.

I think there's a new couple next to me where the girlie has a UTI. She must really like this guy to bring him to a girly parts hospital visit.

More actually interestingly, there was a guy in the waiting room that they clearly wanted to bring back, but he was freaked out by the triage process--he thought they were going to admit him. Half an hour later they pretended to triage his mother and then everything they did to her, they did to him because "a family wants to be healthy together, right?" and that's how they conned him into actually going back into the ER. Poor guy--he was mid 20s at least.

msbelle, is there an actual saint of patience that I could call upon for you in situations like this?

My sister jacked her ankle during squash badly enough that they x-rayed it. Soft tissue injury only so far, but she doesn't know which one yet. I think she's bouncing from free service from friend to friend, and she doesn't have joint doctor friends.

Hey! They gave me the full dosage.

...but their only giving one round. Recently it's been taking three. I will see what the resident says when they come around. But the nurse offered to leave the portacath access in case I planned to come back tomorrow (and it would mean I'd have to--I can't take it out myself (well I am good with yanking the needle out but they fill the well with anti-coags between uses)) which is a pretty big deal. She's one of the more sterile nurses (offered me a mask), but she's also big on agency--lets me help organise the area for the accessing.

TURN OFF THE LIGHTS. What can possibly be so important that you have to look at it? Man,I hate sharing rooms. But, I guess I've been lucky. This is my first time sharing with kids. Plural. One of whom they seem to be teaching to talk.

The trick to a private room, ita, is being MRSA colonized. You don't want the actual infection, just colonization. Which I would think you would have.

I'm sorry, msbelle. You shouldn't have to deal with hall peeing.

Also, hall peeing. Poor noodle. I know it's a giant fucking hassle, but how self-demoralizing does it have to be for that to be an option?

Noah, on the other hand, totally happy to pee on himself. When will potty training be over?

Can I mention one area of confusion....

I can't believe Republicans are all lining up behind the guy whose dad was born in Mexico.