My 2nd Favorite Topic

Now that the boys are both on heavy doses of antibiotics and prescription medicines – pills, nasal sprays, liquids, all the crap I am trying to cut out of our lives – and couldn’t possibly get sick, I can move on to the other thing that gets me going...

Snot Again

Google images may have saved Morgan’s life. He’s on his way home from the hospital now (it’s Sunday morning). WARNING: graphic photos below.Let’s just get me out of the way here: I am a basket case. Between Ryan’s mass and surgery,...

Mango Lost & Found

Two weeks ago, Mango took off – she runs out the garage door as we are leaving. It’s happened four or five times. We used to chase her, but most times couldn’t catch her. She takes off across a field and does not come when she is called. Since she...

Great News and, um, Interesting News

The great news is that this morning I walked into Ryan’s room at around 5am because there was a funny noise. He was sleeping with his MOUTH SHUT and sorta snoring through his nose. The tamponas have a tube running down the middle of them to help breathe. THEY...

Batting A Thousand

It couldn’t have gone better today. Except for the backless gown. That was a surprise to Ryan. While I was answering a few questions, they took him behind a curtain… a couple minutes later, the curtain opens to reveal Ryan laying on a gurney, covered in...

Choice

This guy is funny. (I’m an old Lenny Bruce fan, too.) Was funny. He’s on another ride now. Wonder how that’s going.

Nicaragua Claims Zero Corruption

"Nicaragua’s Comptroller General has said that no public officials have been punished for corruption during the first 18 months of President Ortega’s term, and this showed an improvement in the conduct of government employees in contrast to previous...