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Geezer Gig: Saturday 27 September 2008

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Does This Look Like Nothing To You?

This is Ryan’s CAT scan and the blue circle is the mass. And, no. It doesn’t look like "nothing." It looks like a big massy scary-looking something. Actually, it’s not nothing. It’s snot. Yeah. SNOT. In all my wild imaginings, snot never made the list. Dr. Arce sure never mentioned it. In Spanish, I think that’s mucosa de nasal [moo-COE-sah day nah-SAL]. Sounds way less disgusting.

Last Friday, Dr. Arce [R-say] was serious as a heart attack looking at the three sheets of x-rays. He kept pointing to the suspicious area, shaking . . . → Read More About Does This Look Like Nothing To You?

All good

Hi this is Morgan, mom called to say everything is alright with Ryan. She’ll write more later

The Big 5-3

Sunday is my birthday. I just want one thing. And, no, it’s not from Amazon.

P.S. We’ve used Amazon Prime for the past three years. Even here in Costa Rica it’s a good value. $79 for the year and you get 2-day shipping FREE. Not just for you but for up to four additional family members! (Mom, Hal’s brother and my two brothers.) You know me: I like a good deal. This is one of ‘em. You can try it free… another of my very favorite things in . . . → Read More About The Big 5-3

“Samantha! That pillow cost $300!!”

Samantha as in Sex and the City‘s Samantha. Carrie says that to Samantha as Samantha’s dog is – SPOILER – humping the costly item. Stupid.

Yeah, I watched it. The whole thing. I rolled my eyes through the first half of it, meaning to turn it off any minute… Then found myself in tears when you-know-her met you-know-him on the Brooklyn-you-know-where. Whaaaa? Did my brain leak out in the night?

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Muy Inquieta

[MOO-e een-kee-ET-ah, very worried] Ryan has a mass in his nasal cavity. We had it biopsied today. That was fun. Actually, it wasn’t too bad. The doctor was great, very gentle, numbed the inside of his nose topically, asked if Ryan felt anything. A lovely man, by all evidence to date, a good doctor. Ryan is a trooper, to put it mildly. I know he’s worried – he asked tonight, "What is a biopsy?" I told him it’s where they take a bit of tissue to see what the fungus is . . . → Read More About Muy Inquieta

The Mommy Chronicle

She came, she conquered, she threw herself – body and soul – at Costa Rica living, then she left. I’ll get the most obvious problem out of the way first: me. Me ‘n her. If my mom and I were the same age and not related, we’d be best friends. Along with Gayle, her actual best friend who I also adore. The three of us would tear it up.

But we aren’t the same age, and she . . . → Read More About The Mommy Chronicle

Finding The Red-Eyed Tree Frog

I didn’t even know they were looking! You can see it here. Cool.

How telling: I didn’t have an Ecology category until today… almost three years after moving to Costa Rica.

 

Ok, Ok, I Believe!

Dalton Sherman, a student at the Charles Rice Learning Center in the Dallas Independent School System, plays the kid.

And now that you’re inspired about possibilities, rent or buy Accepted. We love this movie (thanks, Arp!) Just saw it again tonight on a movie channel. Very funny, very moving, excellent tale.

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Chelation Post #2

I’m still sizzling hot on the autism-heavy metal poisoning-chelation [key-LAY-shun] topic, and proceeding accordingly. I’m going to document my journey here because, well, this is my diary. I promise not to talk about my yeast infection… although yeast is a pretty fascinating subject these days. And germane. You’ll see. Here’s post #1, btw.

Dear Diary,

I’ve been faithfully reading every word on the nine ten yahoo groups I joined (the new one is Enzymes & Autism.) No, autism is not really my family’s problem, but . . . → Read More About Chelation Post #2