I am sitting at home in the backyard. James dropped off a nice salmon-colored geranium for me and it's time for picspam, since I didn't have the camera in hospital much. Also, the sight that greeted me on arriving home? A HUGE bush of lilies ( Read more... )

I'm officially discharged. So ends the Cholecystectomy Hospital Stay of 2007. Mom's coming to get me soon ( Read more... )

I know there's gotta be
A break in the monotony
But geez when it rains how it pours...
Here it goes, here it goes
Here it goes againThe internet actually works by the window in my room and I'm now strong enough to get over here and enjoy that in between the terrible monsters I have for nurses (awesome people, really!) make me get up and move around ( Read more... )

I'm waiting, watching, standing
I am reaching, climbing closer
I know that I'll never be alone
You will never let me go
You are my anchor
Hold my hand
While I'm sinking in the sand
No one else could understand
You are my anchor, yeahThis song has meant so much to me for weeks, and today it really comes alive ( Read more... )

Because this post is so awesome, everyone take a mere second to GO HERE and vote for bettybaker, because she should definitely be winning LJ Idol!So, where to begin this time? After a nice breakfast of outmeal and milk, something I've been craving the whole time I've been in here, I feel pretty much ready to tell you people about the last 24 hours of my life ( Read more... )

Sometime tonight I have OFFICIALLY scheduled for a surgery. There are two people ahead of me - a child with a spinal injury and a heart patient. The surgeon listed on my wrist came by to tell me that the surgeon scheduled to work on me is a Dr. Moser (sp?) who is actually trained as a liver transplant surgeon, so he's very experienced ( Read more... )

Somebody save me
Let your warm hands
Break right through
and save meStill waiting. I'm kind of out of it today - my brain is functional but kind of fuzzy and it takes a lot of effort to move around. Waiting sucks. I've been watching Smallville and playing on the laptop and visiting with friends, but the waiting still sucks. That's all I've got to ( Read more... )

So, still waiting for surgery. I am on the urgent list, but emergencies and anyone on the urgent list who was here before me go first - so they really have no idea when I'm scheduled. My Mom just brought my laptop back for the day, but the internet connection is pretty sporadic ( Read more... )

Four hours after the "after 5" mark. That's the only information I have on when exactly I'm having surgery. In between I have had three non-family visitors - Jessie and Roberta and my family doctor - and an episode and a half of Smallville. Unfortunately I was feeling sore when the lappy decided to reject the DVD (it's a rental copy I bought for ( Read more... )

In a little while
This hurt will hurt no more
I'll be home, love
When the night takes a deep breath
And the daylight has no end
If I crawl, if I come crawling home
Will you be there?For those of you who missed the memo, I'm in the hospital awaiting surgery. U2 is keeping me company ( Read more... )