Friday, November 11, 2005
Friday Ramblings
I've decided that "#1 daughter" is just too complicated, so in keeping with Guppyman's underwater theme, and also because it's her birth sign (and some days her personality), she will henceforth be known as Crabgirl. Her surgery was a fundoplication, which makes the opening of the esophagus into the stomach smaller. She has coughed all her life from allergies, but lately the coughing is so constant and painful, especially after she eats, that she just couldn't live that way anymore. Apparently this is acid reflux in the extreme.
The surgery was laproscopic, so she has five tiny star-shaped incisions, and no big scar. Of course, Kritter & I started calling her a Star-Bellied Sneetch. If any of you don't know, The Sneetches is a charming story by Dr. Seuss about discrimination:
"The Star-Bellied Sneetches had bellies with stars.
The Plain-Bellied Sneetches had none upon thars."
The Star-Bellies thought they were "the best kind of Sneetches on beaches" until a con man with a star-off-star-on machine kept everyone running through the machine until they were out of money, at which point he left. No one could tell who was who anymore, so they all got along after that.
[Sorry, I digress. I just have a thing for Dr. Seuss.] Crabgirl is excited because the liquid diet she will have to be on for a while, plus her slightly smaller stomach, means she will probably lose some weight. Once upon a time, and when we were all adults, Crabgirl, her sister Dolphin, and I could have gotten on a scale together and it wouldn't have hit 300 pounds. Sadly, those days are behind us ... and in front of us... and on either side...
This morning I used my new hair straightener. I dutifully read the directions, including the safety warnings. One of them was "Do not use while sleeping." Doggone, I planned to save 30 minutes every day by straightening my hair while I slept! Another was "Do not use in the shower", so there goes Plan B, washing and straightening it at the same time. You always figure there's a lawsuit behind the stranger warnings, and wouldn't you love to know what caused the do-not-use-while-sleeping one?!
HAVE A GREAT DAY, EVERYONE!
The surgery was laproscopic, so she has five tiny star-shaped incisions, and no big scar. Of course, Kritter & I started calling her a Star-Bellied Sneetch. If any of you don't know, The Sneetches is a charming story by Dr. Seuss about discrimination:
"The Star-Bellied Sneetches had bellies with stars.
The Plain-Bellied Sneetches had none upon thars."
The Star-Bellies thought they were "the best kind of Sneetches on beaches" until a con man with a star-off-star-on machine kept everyone running through the machine until they were out of money, at which point he left. No one could tell who was who anymore, so they all got along after that.
[Sorry, I digress. I just have a thing for Dr. Seuss.] Crabgirl is excited because the liquid diet she will have to be on for a while, plus her slightly smaller stomach, means she will probably lose some weight. Once upon a time, and when we were all adults, Crabgirl, her sister Dolphin, and I could have gotten on a scale together and it wouldn't have hit 300 pounds. Sadly, those days are behind us ... and in front of us... and on either side...
This morning I used my new hair straightener. I dutifully read the directions, including the safety warnings. One of them was "Do not use while sleeping." Doggone, I planned to save 30 minutes every day by straightening my hair while I slept! Another was "Do not use in the shower", so there goes Plan B, washing and straightening it at the same time. You always figure there's a lawsuit behind the stranger warnings, and wouldn't you love to know what caused the do-not-use-while-sleeping one?!
HAVE A GREAT DAY, EVERYONE!
6 Comments:
hope your daughter is doing well, it actually sounds like it going to leave a cute little scar.
i'd love to get one of those straighteners, how are you finding yours?
Kind of like "do not work while sleeping."
I really want to see the person that used that while asleep in the shower..lmao
I hope your daughter recovers quickly. I had laparoscope surgery a few years ago, not the same problem, but you can't even see the scars, one is like a dot and the other is in my belly button.
I saw your comment on Wendy Wings and was intrigued by your photo, so I thought I'd stop by for a second and say I came to Wendy Wings via Nichele and now I've just added a new wrinkle. Leave a comment for the person above your comment where Michele sent you! Hope that makes sense! Good to pay you a visit,Dave.
Hope Crabgirl is doing fine, and that the liquid diet works out for her ;) Damn, I have been sleeping while using my straightener all this time - is that why I have those burn marks on my pillow?
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