the whole birth thing

... birth to check on the ovarian cyst. So on Tuesday my partner, my mother and I got to the hospital at 1130 to start the induction at 12, but not only had all the labour rooms filled up, but ...but my back started hurting really badly. I figured it was from laying down for so long on a crappy hospital bed but Mum said she thought it could be contractions - we both figured the midwives would be able to...

Tomorrow, I get a CAT scan, at Sartori Hospital

..., yesterday, for an examination. She gave me some physical tests, and blood tests, and their results made her prescribe that scan in Sartori Hospital, tomorrow at 10:15 A.M. Then, she made an appointment for me to see a Dr. Ali, an infection specialist, in Covenant Hospital, on Monday. I hope they can find a way to get me feeling better.

Irrepressible Terrors

Gini is coming to pick me up from the hospital in fifteen minutes. And I am trying to repress this squirming, sweating terror that they will wheel me outside and the sky and earth will go white and Gini will dissolve. And a voice will whisper in my ear, saying, oh, you don't know? You didn't actually survive. Posted via LiveJournal.app .

...and ankles. I couldn't stop shaking. They stuck little round tabs on me and took all sorts of readings. What an unfortunate day not to shave my legs. They were both hot. I refused to be taken to the hospital. They made me sign a waver. A customer later told me he'd have given me CPR if needed. Amusing. I can't decide if this is funny or tragic. This has been happening too often, though. I'm ...

oh.

I was listening to NPR's coverage of Michael Jackson this morning and there was one story about the large crowd of fans assembled outside the hospital. One woman was holding up some sort of homemade sign and shouting, "We love you! We love you Michael Jackson! We love what you stood for!" Which begs the question: what did Michael Jackson stand for? The power of obscene wealth to destroy a man, ...

tw

yesterday's twitter noise : 15:08 Real news sites: "cardiac arrest; rushed to hospital." Celebrity gossip sites: "dead." tinyurl.com/mwhvze # 15:27 TMZ reports death: 2:20. Doctors declare death from coma: 3:15. How does this site stay up? Whoring traffic for lies. # 15:31 So Michael Jackson dies and Transformers 2 comes out in the same week, i.e. my childhood removes its face ...

Super Junior's Sungmin injures knee ahead of Music Bank performance

... for KBS 2TV Music Bank on 26th June and had hurt his knees. A staff revealed that SungMin was helped offstage after the accident. A SM representative also added, “He was sent to the hospital for stitching after the accident.” But even though he is injured, SungMin will still be performing on stage tonight on Music Bank. The SM representative said, “SungMin wanted very much to perform. So he ...

I bake kingly bread. I woke up to news that my mother is in the hospital. Spent all day there. She had her gallbladder removed. She is home and well now. Caitlin is gone for 2 weeks. I miss her. She makes me a fool. :)

26 November 1981

... Elena Runcorn," Amber said. "Good plan," Larry told Matilda. "Yeah, Elena Runcorn does not count among the cool ones," Matilda said. "Good," Amber said. "Otherwise I would be taking you to the hospital wing." "Yeah, no need," Matilda laughed. "I'm fine. No fever." "Good," Amber said. Matilda looked down the halls impatiently. "I don't see ANY Slytherins," she whined. "Maybe, they're hiding...

News Clips

... police to let them near the site so they could search for loved ones while ambulances rushed victims to the overwhelmed hospital in Kirkuk. Three babies cried as they were placed on a single hospital bed to be treated. Yellman Zain-Abideen, who was wounded by shrapnel in his hand and face, cried for his...