I read an article in the New York Times six months ago that changed the way I view cosmetic surgery. I don’t say “plastic” surgery, because it was a plastic surgeon who sewed up my 4-year-old brother’s eyelids after a car accident left him full of broken glass. Plastic surgeons fix cleft palates and enable [...]
I feel a bit like a muppet myself, today. Sort of floppy and round-headed. I could use those sticks attached to my wrists to move my right arm and a hand supporting my spine to keep my head from lolling to the side. And a rag for the drool would be nice. Probably that is [...]
I have long wished that I could be a spokesperson for Getting the Help You Need. To reduce the stigma that some people feel still attaches to those who are depressed or anxious or addicted or in need of any kind of medication, therapy, or other help to be happier people. I loved Dooce’s testimonial [...]
A funny thing happened on the way out of an Arizona Costco last week. The cashier (who was maybe early 20s) looked from my 2% milk to 18-month-old Spot on my hip and asked, Are you buying this for your daughter? When I said, Why yes, he persisted: You asked the doctor and he said [...]
I finally got to see Susan’s stitches. We went back to the ER to get them checked out. You’ll be glad to know that her temperature and blood pressure and pulse are all normal too. Anyone else think medical procedure is sometimes a tad . . . ridiculous? Not that I would switch our medical [...]
. . . to remind you that you would rip out your own beating heart if a) you knew how to transplant it and b) your kid needed it. Susan fell off the back of the over-stuffed chair in our living room tonight and hit her forehead on the window sill. It bled. Then it [...]
I have a bum shoulder. It’s not my only unfortunate physical characteristic. I also have a Down Syndrome palm. Well, two of them if you’re counting. Dick likes to say Just think how smart you’d be if you didn’t have Down Syndrome. I think he wrote an “Ode Down Syndrome Girl” when he was courting [...]
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