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[cornerofmadness]

early this morning my best friend popped over trying it out for the first time then this afternoon mom popped on scaring the hell out of me. WTH? Mom did you kill dad? Why are you online at this time of the day?

unfortunately she didn't have good news. My aunt's pacemaker is malfunctioning. They have to replace it on Monday. Oh joy.

well back to dragging out more of my winter clothes and tossing the dreaded shorts into the hope chest.

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[angelfirenze.livejournal.com]

I hope everything goes well in the replacement. I remember when I was fourteen and they told me right after that shunt revision that they thought I might have an infection and that that shunt might have to be revised again that very day. I was scared out of my mind.

I'd been at school that morning, you see.

Luckily, all I seemed to require was a course of heavy antibiotics (which I actually turned out to be allergic to, though only while awake -- odd, diurnal hives...) and the shunt has been with me since then.

Is there a possibility that something similar might happen with your aunt?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

sadly no. it's a bad lead.

i can't imagine how terrifying it would be to need a shut replacement

[angelfirenze.livejournal.com]

Drat.

It wasn't as bad as it could have been. I didn't need surgery again that day. And, usually, when I'm about to go in, they give me a light sedative so that it doesn't freak me out.

As much as I love medicine, it's still an unnerving, to say the least, experience.

...*feels funny asking this* Might you have looked over the chapter link I sent you? I'm terribly, terribly anxious and would love to write more, but I need my betas to look over anything new.

tiggpwns helps me out in the 'I haven't seen this so explain what you're talking about' department. Did you get the message I sent you sometime last night/this morning?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

no, i was still grading i'll try to go look at it now.

i did get the message but i haven't felt well so i didn't really look at it yet

[sp23.livejournal.com]

Oh, I sorry about your aunt. I hope the second time's the charm.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

Your poor aunt. Not a good way to be spending the holidays.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

now my aunt is saying that the code blue stuff never happened and my uncle (dad's brother) got it wrong but she DID confess the doctor never told her to come back in a year and that in fact she never told him she was having problems (just like i told mom)