Yearly Archives: 2009

Don’t Try This at Home

Having now attained the perfect haggard beauty of the suffering Christ, Max is hoping for permission to eat or drink tonight. Reading the supportive comments here after 12 hours of dragging Biggie and Tupac around the hospital bed is so … Continue reading

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Important Developments

1. I asked to see a case manager. 2. I explained my immediate concerns, and used the word Cunt re attending physician. 3. I spoke to the CEO, who listened in horror, gave me his card, and promised a new … Continue reading

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Message From Hell 2

Now his   stomach has stopped working. The original hospital says they don’t have a bed. ileus: Treatment involves placing a tube through the nose into the stomach or intestine to help relieve abdominal distention and vomiting. Surgery may be needed … Continue reading

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Message From Hell

Let’s say your son has been discharged from a major teaching hospital after four weeks in the ICU, and transferred to a convalescent hospital.   Let’s say you hate narratives that are written in the second person but that’s all you … Continue reading

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Artists or Idiots?

A disgruntled reader just left a comment on a post about Andrew Krasnow, an artist whose medium is human skin. “I was Googling feminist cunt art when I came across this blog.   No, Krasnow never made lampshades of human skin, … Continue reading

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Poor Biggie!

My leg with the broken hip is now swollen beyond recognition. It still looks like a leg, just not mine. When I had trouble getting it up on the bed, I spoke to it aloud, offering encouragement. It seemed to … Continue reading

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Maxes and Wild Things

I love Maurice Sendak just like all decent people, but I prefer his illustrations in “Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present” to “Where the Wild Things Are.”   The latter book is poised to be ruined forever by the movie version, … Continue reading

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You Won’t Even Believe This

Let me begin with I’m Sorry, because I really am. This blog has devolved into a tale of woe that is much too personal but still not personal enough.   Try to bear with me. I broke my fucking hip. I … Continue reading

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Thanks For Nothing, Mackenzie Phillips

Here I am, innocently checking out the headlines at Huffington Post, when I am assaulted by the news that Mackenzie Phillips slept with her father, John Phillips.   Eoow, god, why do we have to know this?!   I will never be … Continue reading

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Hospital Life

Today I was at the hospital for 12 hours, waiting for my son’s surgery and then waiting for word about the surgery and then waiting for him to return to his room. The surgery was successful and I am still … Continue reading

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