Surprise in Indiana, or Appendectomies Are Fun

Greetings all! So sorry for the interruption in service, but Life got in my Way. As most of you know Dom had an emergency appendectomy. It was so not hot! I spent the night in his room at the hospital for several nights. I'm happy to say Bloomington Hospital was very accommodating to My People, despite my fears that I would be forbidden FORBIDDEN from staying with him. We had (mostly) pleasant nurses and techs, and a surgeon who was brilliant, Greek, and bracingly foul-mouthed. As in, and this is a direct quote directed at Dom after his surgery and before he was to get on a plane to the Vast White North, "If the wound gets red and green and oozy don't feck around with a walk-in clinic; get your a$$ to a surgeon." Fun!

Dom found out that morphine causes you to itch after a few days, and that staples in your belly leave an impressive scar; in this case, nearly a foot long. Seems his vestigial organ was further back in his abdominal cavity than usual so they had to cut.

THEN then then I went on a gig and what do you suppose happens? My Ain True Love goes and gets DIVERTICULITIS! So no more popcorn, and then comes the fun of ColonScope 2007 later in the month. Yay for insurance!

Good news: the Marriage Amendment in Indiana never got out of committee. Hooray! My my little letter back in February actually did make a difference.

Other good news: I'm getting a lot of gigging. This year I've so far been to Raleigh, Baltimore, Williamsburg, and Denton. Next I'm going to Atlanta, Boston, and then DC in July.

Other bad news: work is getting less fun.

OK, that's all the news that's fit for now. More cute pictures and a new Family Story installation soon!

ttfn,
Keith