kaplan gets pink eye

[enragedfetus]

I'm hideous! I am grotesque. I look like a half-caste Zombie, pus dripping from my eye sockets and gluing lashes in clumps. My summer vacation is off to an inauspicious start, no doubt, with a waning strep throat and what the physician's assistant called the worse case of conjunctivitis she'd ever seen. My eye was swollen shut! Pinkeye bullshit, it

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[blueberryme]

rest assured, mr kaplan, that modern medicine has also created wonderful pills and things for parents to take after back surgery. when my dad had the same surgury, they gave him plenty of drugs, most of which are controlled substances (which usually means those are the ones that send you to happy fuzzy places the best).

recovery is slow going but there is lots of sleep involved. no doubt, if the physical strain of it all doesn't have your mom snoozing happily, the drugs will. but after a few weeks, make sure to have plenty of books and the tv at her disposal. have everything on the first floor if possible, for stairs are VERY difficult.

my dad had the hardest time with the back brace they made him wear. it was uncomfortable and bulky, it poked and rubbed and chafed. have plenty of lotion around, with vitamin E, i think, to help her skin.

also, you'll need to help her put on socks or shoes or anything that might require bending over to touch her feet.

if you need anything, please don't hesistate to call- i'll be in south dakota from june 1st-the 22nd but if you can't get me on my cell phone, send me an e-mail.

if you mom wants, i bet she could even talk to my dad. he's good at making people feel better and shared experience is sometimes the best of comforts.

take care,
laura