♫...Just like the ones I used to know...♫
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captainsblogNo, not anything close to a White Christmas here- but our long history of Holiday Hiccups™ has continued.
You name it, it's happened- going way back to the Great Northeast Power Blackout of 1965 falling on my birthday. In more recent times, we've endured: strange reactions going to family members' homes for Thanksgiving; strange reactions FROM family members coming to ours for the day; Eleanor, once, preparing and delivering a full holiday dinner for her mother, only to find that Josephine had catered the whole thing by the time we got there. We've had sewer backups on multiple New Years weekends, and a hot water heater that died on the Fourth of July, but the true drama seems reserved for medical emergencies. There was another Fourth with Eleanor's back going almost into traction for the entire day, and a dicey Christmas Eve 2012 when Cameron had an asthma attack here, minus his inhaler, and we spent most of the evening trying to find one for him.
This year, though? The news came by phone: Emily had spent Christmas Eve Night at their apartment throwing up, and she then spent the first half of her Christmas Day in an emergency room.
The initial suspicion was food poisoning, although the two of them had eaten the same things the night before and Cameron reported no ill effects; and there was some evidence of gall bladder problems. Their best guess was a little of both, probably a reaction to a combination of grease in her meal and carbonation in her beverage that didn't set right with her.
She got a prescription to settle things down, spent the afternoon resting from it, and as of about half an hour ago they were on the road and should be here by a (latish) dinner hour.
As for anything else? Stay tuned.... especially if you're a physician or a plumber:P
You name it, it's happened- going way back to the Great Northeast Power Blackout of 1965 falling on my birthday. In more recent times, we've endured: strange reactions going to family members' homes for Thanksgiving; strange reactions FROM family members coming to ours for the day; Eleanor, once, preparing and delivering a full holiday dinner for her mother, only to find that Josephine had catered the whole thing by the time we got there. We've had sewer backups on multiple New Years weekends, and a hot water heater that died on the Fourth of July, but the true drama seems reserved for medical emergencies. There was another Fourth with Eleanor's back going almost into traction for the entire day, and a dicey Christmas Eve 2012 when Cameron had an asthma attack here, minus his inhaler, and we spent most of the evening trying to find one for him.
This year, though? The news came by phone: Emily had spent Christmas Eve Night at their apartment throwing up, and she then spent the first half of her Christmas Day in an emergency room.
The initial suspicion was food poisoning, although the two of them had eaten the same things the night before and Cameron reported no ill effects; and there was some evidence of gall bladder problems. Their best guess was a little of both, probably a reaction to a combination of grease in her meal and carbonation in her beverage that didn't set right with her.
She got a prescription to settle things down, spent the afternoon resting from it, and as of about half an hour ago they were on the road and should be here by a (latish) dinner hour.
As for anything else? Stay tuned.... especially if you're a physician or a plumber:P
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Date: 2014-12-25 11:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-12-26 12:00 am (UTC)They got here, no worse for wear, so hopefully we're set for a bit:)
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Date: 2014-12-25 11:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-12-26 12:02 am (UTC)Speaking of Doctors, here's a joke from the QI Christmas special that was David Tennant's first (and possibly only) appearance on the show:
"Doctor, doctor, I can't stop singing Auld Lang Syne."
"Fine- I'll send you to the Burns unit."
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Date: 2014-12-26 02:22 am (UTC)"Doctor, doctor, I can't stop singing Auld Lang Syne."
"Fine- I'll send you to the Burns unit."
*groan* I remember that one; QI gets repeated a lot here. :)