charlesks is in Harrison Hospital tonight following three TIA-like events (which we hope are not TIAs) in the past 24 hours. I took him into the ER on the advice of an advice nurse earlier this evening and we have been there since about 9:00 pm on. They're admitting him tonight, are at least doing a CT scan on him quite soon, and will do a duplex workup of ( Read more... )

Here it is, Christmas Eve. While I am a Pagan and this is not my religious holiday (that was a few days ago), Christmas is still something I love, filled with traditions: bringing the tree inside and decorating it, including the new Swarovski star for the year, our annual Holiday Feast, a roaring fire in the fireplace, sitting together in front of ( Read more... )

Something I have noticed about chronic pain is that, when it stops for a while, it is difficult to remember just how bad it was ( Read more... )

Taz, my beloved Bonehead, my male Flat-Coated Retriever, is in the emergency vet hospital. We took him there last night because he was walking as if he were drunk, he fell over just from standing, he wouldn't eat, he was very listless, and he was throwing up. (Everybody else here is fine. It's just him ( Read more... )

Hey, everybody, have a Brownie.

Michael Brown, disgraced former FEMA director and still-current Bush crony, has been hired by FEMA as a consultant. His job? Evaluating FEMA's response to Hurricane Katrina!

If this wasn't Bushworld, I'd swear this had to be fiction.