**TUESDAY EVENING UPDATE** — Mom is recovering just fine from the emergency surgery to fix the burst appendix. The doctors and nurses have been great; it makes me thankful to live in this country when I meet hard-working people like that who are giving up their Christmas holiday to help people in need. Again, many many thanks for your thoughts and prayers.
There are moments once in a while when our advances in technology really do amaze me. I’m having one of those moments today.
Unfortunately, my Mom is spending this Christmas Eve in an emergency room bed with possible appendicitis. Tests aren’t done yet. This comes two weeks after her surgery — so she DEFINITELY is looking forward to 2008!!
Anyway, isn’t it kind of weird that I can live-blog from an emergency room ward? It is better than watching bad television on the ER wall. And, we are also using my computer to listen to Christmas songs from my iTunes collection.
I hope everyone has a very nice Christmas and may God bless you and your families today and always.
-Bruce (GayPatriot)
My best wishes to you and your Mom, Bruce.
And Merry Christmas to everyone. Be well and give as many of the people you love a hug as you can.
Heckuva way to spend Christmas Eve… best wishes to you and yours. And a get well wish to your mom.
Best wishes to your mom! I hope she feels much much better soon. Merry Xmas!
Best wishes to PatriotMom. (Wish she commented more! 🙂 )
My thoughts and prayers are with you and PatriotMom at this blessed time of year.
Regards,
Peter H.
Virtual flowers and hugs to PatriotMom — and of course, to youse guys as well.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery. Your mom is in my prayers. Modern medicine is amazing, but the power of prayer makes it even better.
Give her lots of love and hugs! And may Santa bring the gift of good health!!
I’ve spent Christmas visiting family in the hospital — not the most fun, but at least there are lots of blinking lights. Best Wishes and Merry Christmas.
Holy Cow! Prayers to mom and all our brave men and women spending Christmas in a hospital.
Thanks for the update on PatriotMom, Bruce. She’ll be OK. Prayers are part of the great medicine.
And I echo Geena above – pray for our troops, those who are healthy and those who are not. So far today there have been NO American casualties in Iraq or Afghanistan. Let us pray that it continues.
Regards,
Peter H.
May your mom get well soon and God Bless.
Get well soon, PatriotMom, and welcome to the appendectomy club.
I had mine in August 1965. I didn’t even have the consolation of missing school.
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Awww, sounds like its gonna be chicken broth and jello for Christmas dinner — no fun! A speedy recovery to patriot mom!