...Or did you even notice I wasn't around?
In the small hours of last Tuesday morning I called 911 due to severe abdominal pains. By around noon they were putting me under for an apendectomy (expected to take about 1 hour), with a decent chance of being released the same day, or else the following day.
Two hours later I was being awakened, told it was more severe than they had thought, and I'd definitely be staying overnight. Well, that turned into 4 nights, finally being discharged on Sunday. All that time was spent having various and sundry antibiotics pumped into my body, having a quart or so of blood drained for various tests, eating a (disgusting) liquid diet, and listening to my roommate's TV. The need to stay for the last couple of days was largely due to the staph infection they gave my via my IV injection site. (If you aren't sick when you enter a hospital, just give them a couple days to work on it.)
Anyway, I'm staying with my father for a few days, so he can help me as I get my strength back and I can keep him company while my mother is still in rehab for her broken hip. What a great month this has been! Noggin's at the dog spa (a.k.a. kennel), probably having a great time with all the young ladies who work there and think he's so cute and wonderful.
It'll probably be a few more days before I'm home and ready to "get busy" here at PHPBuilder, but just wanted you all to know I'm still alive.
