Daddysredhead
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Joined: 11/6/2005 From: Northern (yet still part of the South) Virginia Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: LadyHibiscus I admit that I am daily grateful to be an only child. I admit that one of my elderly cousins is in the hospital, with bone-on-bone spinal issues. They are going to do something surgical... and she will be in a nursing home from now on, I suspect, since none of her children will take her in, for Various Reasons.  Poor thing is ~seriously~ disoriented and confused. ~~huggy pets to everyone~~ And RED, tell T2 to friend me!! My FB is Thing Safe! I admit that being the only child of my Mom & Dad's marriage, born when my siblings were well into their teens has always made me feel like an only child. I admit that I will add your cousin to my prayer list, Hibbie. Bless her. It's so hard to get old. I admit that I'll tell T2 to friend you. She'd like that. I admit that I just got back from the orthopedic specialist an hour ago and they still can't be 100% certain that her wrist bone/growth plate area is not broken, if only in a hairline fracture way. The pictures don't show a definite break, but the swelling and pain is pretty bad, so they hard-casted her for two more weeks. If she's still not healing well, they will do a more extensive study of her hand. I admit that she and I made the most of our time in the exam room, being totally inappropriate and gruesome. I admit that, at one point, she asked what the noise was (cast saw). I told her it was used to lop off body parts that refused to heal. I admit her jaw dropped and she whispered, almost in tears, "Really, Mommy?" I admit that I looked her in the eyes and said, "Yes, honey, if the hand or foot won't work again, they attach a prosthesis or maybe a hook of some sort." I admit that she nearly started crying, and I snorted and said, "I'm just teasing. You won't get a hook, they'll just leave you with a nub." I admit that she yelled, "YOU are a wretched woman, you know that, don't you???!!!" I admit that I said, "Yes, honey, but I get it from Grandaddy, so it comes honestly. Wait till you have kids, you'll be a master morbid Mommy, too." I admit that the doctor heard all the commotion in the exam room and came in, saying, "Do I need to check your hand out or should we just cut it off?" I.died.laughing. Thing Two.did.not. She gave him "The Look" instead. *gigglesnorts*
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