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[Cynthia]

Jonathan wrote: "I hope your stepmother's going to be okay, Heidi. I also spent the afternoon at the hospital. My grandmother took a spill and broke her wrist, but the doctors seem pretty certain that there's no ot..."
Jonathan, are her hips and knees OK? Amazing that she only bungled her wrist. She must be tough.

[Jonathan]

An initial scan did show some damage at the hip, but it appeared to be old, from a prior injury some years ago. The doctors want to get all of her old records to compare and make sure before discharging her. She's made it to 97 by being tough and stubborn--but refusing to use her cane, etc. is now working against her unfortunately.

[ms.petra]

Jonathan, my grandmother is 93 and it took breaking her leg a couple of years ago to get her to use her cane. She is also a feisty one. But, I wouldn't want it any other way. Wishing a quick recovery for your grandmother. :)

[Jonathan]

Thanks Petra...and everybody. I really appreciate the good wishes.

[[deleted user]]

I've been in several ER's over the years with both of my parents. My thoughts are with you Heidi and Jonathan.

[Jonathan]

Thanks Clark. My grandmother's in much better spirits today, joking around with everyone. They're going to discharge her from the hospital tomorrow, but she still has to do a couple weeks of physical therapy. Anyway, all in all, things are looking good.

[Jim]

Good news Jonathan!

[Heidi]

Thank you to all of y'all. Johnathan, I'm glad to hear your grandmother's going to be released tomorrow. I'll bet she'll be glad to get home. My stepmother's still in the hospital. Her fever went down by Sunday night, but then it went up and up... they've been IVing antibiotics and were talking about a blood transfusion until the infection specialist saw her & said it doesn't seem to be what they were suspecting - he thinks it's a reaction to the chemo regimen she's on... so they were changing up their strategy as of this evening when I was there. She seems content as can be - they sent a masseuse to her room to massage her feet and legs and hands and the hospital food's been decent and the nurses are spoiling her rotten. She's getting above par care.

[Heidi]

They'll release her once she's bee fever-free for at least 24 hours.

[Jammies]

Jonathan, that is great news!

Heidi, glad your stepmom is getting such great care.

[Heidi]

She's also got a phenomenal view of the Little Rock zoo and War Memorial stadium and most of the booming metropolis that is downtown Little Rock from her window.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I hope they can figure it out, Heidi! That's nice that she seems content, though, and is getting massages.

[Jonathan]

Sorry to hear about your stepmom's fever Heidi, but it's wonderful that she's getting such good care. I'll be thinking about her and you and wishing you both well.

[Heidi]

I also brought her Edwin Edwards' biography which is ripe with awesome political anecdotes. She shared one with me that she read this morning... "Guess which Democratic Party gopher drove Rep. Hale Boggs to the airport for the start of his ill-fated trip to Alaska? William Jefferson Clinton." And without skipping a beat, she added, "I'm surprised witchhunter Ken Starr didn't add that to his cockamamie accusations."

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Ken Starr is now president of Baylor U.

That's interesting about Clinton/Boggs...did not know that. It wasn't in the bio of Clinton's early years I read, "First in His Class."

[Heidi]

Lobstergirl wrote: "Ken Starr is now president of Baylor U.

That's interesting about Clinton/Boggs...did not know that. It wasn't in the bio of Clinton's early years I read, "First in His Class.""

That's the Maginnis book, right?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Yes. No wait, Maraniss.

[Kayla]

Right now... I'm checking all the notifications I got from GoodReads today... at a hotel in the middle of Nowhereville, Nebraska (sorry to anyone who's from Nebraska) because I'm on my way home (Chicago) from Colorado.

[Heidi]

Lobstergirl wrote: "Yes. No wait, Maraniss."


That's right. I always get him mixed up with The Last Hayride's author (another political biographer).

[[deleted user]]

Trying not to throw up.
2 foot long subs+pasta+soup+ice cream+banana+lots of cake+wine= overfilled, pained stomach.

[Jim]

Kayla wrote: "Right now... I'm checking all the notifications I got from GoodReads today... at a hotel in the middle of Nowhereville, Nebraska (sorry to anyone who's from Nebraska) because I'm on my way home (Ch..."

Geez, now even Kayla is picking on Larry.

[Kayla]

Jim wrote: "Geez, now even Kayla is picking on Larry."

I swear I'm not picking on anybody! But I did notice on my drive out to Colorado that when I crossed the Iowa/Nebraska border, it doesn't say "Welcome to Iowa!" Instead, it says "Welcome to Omaha!" and that's the most excitement you get from off the highway... the rest is all corn fields and cows.

[Félix]

It's a little known fact that Omaha is actually the absolute center of the Universe. The casinos in Iowa, across the river, are just slightly off center.

[Jim]

If they are just slightly off center, what does that make us in Wisconsin?

[Jim]

Kayla wrote: "Jim wrote: "Geez, now even Kayla is picking on Larry."

I swear I'm not picking on anybody! But I did notice on my drive out to Colorado that when I crossed the Iowa/Nebraska border, it doesn't sa..."

I was just picking on you Kayla. I make that drive almost every year, I much prefer the Nebraska part of the drive to the Iowa part of the drive.

ETA- I've never been near Ames, but I'm sure that drive would be lovely.

[Félix]

An interesting way to see Iowa and Nebraska is to take US 30, the old Lincoln Highway. If you have time, it takes you closer to the small towns where all of the interesting things happen. Well ... maybe not all of the interesting things.

[Cynthia]

Jim wrote: "Kayla wrote: "Jim wrote: "Geez, now even Kayla is picking on Larry."

I swear I'm not picking on anybody! But I did notice on my drive out to Colorado that when I crossed the Iowa/Nebraska border,..."

The Ames area is fabulous, Jim.!!

[Cynthia]

Larry wrote: "An interesting way to see Iowa and Nebraska is to take US 30, the old Lincoln Highway. If you have time, it takes you closer to the small towns where all of the interesting things happen. Well ....."
Love the Lincoln Highway. Very close to my house, in fact.

[Jammies]

Right now I am suffering the effects of too much Novocaine and twitching as if I'd drunk 28 cups of coffee with sugar in an hour.

[Jim]

Cynthia wrote: "Jim wrote: "Kayla wrote: "Jim wrote: "Geez, now even Kayla is picking on Larry."

I swear I'm not picking on anybody! But I did notice on my drive out to Colorado that when I crossed the Iowa/Neb..."

I knew that it would be!

[Lyzzibug ~Still Breathing~]

Jammies wrote: "Right now I am suffering the effects of too much Novocaine and twitching as if I'd drunk 28 cups of coffee with sugar in an hour."

Hope the twitchiness wears off soon. Unless you like it.

Right now I'm reading the front page article of our newspaper, and wanting to cry. Toddler drowns in swimming pool

[Kayla]

Larry wrote: "An interesting way to see Iowa and Nebraska is to take US 30, the old Lincoln Highway. If you have time, it takes you closer to the small towns where all of the interesting things happen. Well ....."

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind on my next trip. My boyfriend is seriously considering moving to Colorado now that we've just spent a month there, so I may have to make this 18 hour road trip again..

Jim wrote: "I was just picking on you Kayla. I make that drive almost every year, I much prefer the Nebraska part of the drive to the Iowa part of the drive."

I know you were just picking on me :) Thanks for making me feel so included here! Hehe. It was nighttime on my drive out to Colorado so I didn't see much of Nebraska, but driving through today, I saw an alpaca farm along the highway! I got really excited because I've never seen an alpaca in real life before, only pictures :)

[Justin]

Right now, I'm stealing Esme's cake.

[[deleted user]]

On ya Justin. Does that mean she is really a good cook?

[Justin]

Shitty cook. Good baker.

[[deleted user]]

You realize that the leftover cake was for Jake, right? You're really taking it from your hospitalized cousin???

[[deleted user]]

That is alright Esme. I am sure with Justins awesome cooking skills he can whip up another in no time.

[Justin]

Or no one can mention the cake to Jake at all.

[Lyzzibug ~Still Breathing~]

Selfish are we?

[Jammies]

Right now I am researching vena cava filters.

[Félix]

Is that like an oil filter?

[Jammies]

It's an oil filter for the body--it's designed to keep DVTs (bigass blood clots) from migrating from the legs to the heart or lungs.

[[deleted user]]

Squinting at the single A- in annoyance. Damn physics.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Eating Serbian honey cookies. Not very good.

[Jammies]

Right now I am calculating the number of minutes left until I can go home.

111

[Jim]

79

ETA For Jammies, not me.

[Félix]

Lobstergirl wrote: "Eating Lesbian honey cookies. Not very good."

[Cynthia]

I thought we asked Justin to leave.

[Jammies]

Jim wrote: "79

ETA For Jammies, not me."

62

[Jim]

Jammies. go home.