I just found a firefly on my bed. I carried him outside and he just kept wandering around on my hand for a while before flying away. It's been nice to see more of those this year.
Cordelia: You're him. You're Angel's son. Connor: It's not like I got to choose.
'Hell Bound'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
aurelia - Jul 20, 2013 7:51:20 pm PDT #29856 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
sarameg - Jul 20, 2013 8:06:09 pm PDT #29857 of 30001
Some people get fireflies. I get lost cats and dumped pits.
sarameg - Jul 20, 2013 8:20:32 pm PDT #29858 of 30001
Uhg, I just watched the dog go all defender when a black dude walked down the alley. Me? No response except begging for attention. He (I saw the evidence, it's a boy!) has had experiences, not good.
Pretty good with food, I could take it away, but if I put a hand on his back when eating, he growled and went tense.
Disclaimer: I was being fucking careful.
I have so much to do tomorrow, I need to go to bed, but now I'm all wired.
§ ita § - Jul 20, 2013 8:30:43 pm PDT #29859 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Scrappy, I would love a good belch. Gas is one of those stupid things that hurts like instanity and is trivial as all hell. Perfect choice.
This is positional, so I'm assuming it's not dire, and I just have to work out how to duplicate my reading position to sleep.
He can breathe, just not swallow. It is some sort of internal allergic reaction.
How does that even work? Did he eat something he can't tolerate? And he has to wait it out?
sarameg - Jul 20, 2013 8:38:03 pm PDT #29860 of 30001
They've never pinpointed the trigger. Just that it is an allergic response, and yeah, he waits it out NOW. He's had hospital visits that don't do shit, so he skips them now and has us watching him closely in case we have to do a pen trache. He's had all sorts of scopes and whatnot, but..it's a localized internal allergic reaction and they can't figure out what does it.
Dog is looking abject. If I had a boltcutter, he'd be in my basement tonight.
sarameg - Jul 20, 2013 9:02:24 pm PDT #29861 of 30001
Dog totally climbed in my lap. Fuuuck, I smell like dog. OTOH, looks like I might not need a boltcutter on the collar, hard to tell at this hour under the duct tape.
Fuckit, to bed. Morning's tasks await.
Juliebird - Jul 20, 2013 9:11:13 pm PDT #29862 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Forgive me, please, if I am butting in.
No, not at all, Strix. I really was looking to get a feel for how whacked what I heard was. Especially when the foster mom admitted that she'd really rather not have to spend time at the hospital if she had to take the kid into the psych ward for evals.
Strix - Jul 20, 2013 9:12:53 pm PDT #29863 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Your instincts are sound. Like I said, you need backup or research, I'm your woman.
§ ita § - Jul 20, 2013 9:55:03 pm PDT #29864 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sara, you have good caretaker instincts. You're definitely good for the animal population, even if the baby robins made you sad.
..it's a localized internal allergic reaction and they can't figure out what does it.
Seriously, that would be panic-inspiring. Do they know enough to give him an epi-pen or equivalent thereof?
sarameg - Jul 21, 2013 2:37:30 am PDT #29865 of 30001
Ding. I'm awake. TJs isn't open yet, so a load of laundry going. Wait, I think that means no-or-oddball pressure shower.
Today better include a nap.
I'm not sure of the details, but an epipen isn't recommended in his case. Maybe because it is selfcorrecting? It's godawful uncomfortable, but not life threatening.