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Published: 2012-07-13 18:50:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 131; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 2
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Learned how to make these russian leaves. Now I can'tSTOP, I think I've got about 30 of them. This one's got crystals, supposed to mimic dewdrops on the leaves. You start with one solid color, then you start mixing colors...I think I'll hang some off a hair stick at some point but...We're all wearing orange. Orange is the color for Leukemia awareness and since our little friend is in day 14 after his transplant and has hit a rough spot...can't eat, mouth hurts, hair fell out in clumps and it ITCHES (talk about insult to injury) we sent over some stuff to temporarily take his mind off his misery.
And with it, some new orange-wear for his mom. Not that it helps, but. It's nice to know the rest of the world is still out there and hasn't forgotten you when you're in the war-room that is the hospital...with your child.
Ain' no amount of orange sparklies gonna fix that. But it's still nice to know your friends are out there holding their breath for you.
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I really like the design of that bracelet. Like a snake almost. My aunt used to make earrings of a similar pattern, though she used these incredibly tiny beads that I couldn't even see the hole for.
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Funny! I do, too...I just posted a pic of a bunch more.
I'll make you one. In my quest to make stuff for those of us with metal allergies, I found these great toggles made of nuts! Hey...as long as you don't eat 'em, right?
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Beautiful pieces and a great thought behind them.
My thoughts are with them, I hope they'll make it through this hard time as well as possible in such circumstances.
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Reminds me of this [link] combined with this [link]
I've found myself dwelling on that little chap these past few months. Not sure why. Is that weird?
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I think it's kind. And he can use all the thoughts his way he can get. They're day 15 post-transplant, waiting for his body to start making white blood cells again...
and then they wait and see.
It's been a rough road; he's on IV and tube-through-the-nose feeds; that's not fun. And they shaved his head before he went in, but they couldn't risk a nick so it was just short. It grew back a bit while they were waiting and now, after the heavy chemo, it's falling out in clumps and he says it itches. But the sore mouth is the worst of it, I think. That and the endless boredom that is the hospital.
He's such a nice boy; he's eleven and dressed as Dobby for Halloween, for christssake...
Ugh. It kills me. As grownups, we want to jump up and say, 'pick me'. I'll do double, just...pass them on this. A busted arm? Sucks, but you get a cast afterwards. The chicken pox, oooh, that itch is pretty brutal, but. Ice cream and it's a week.
What LittleMonster had to go through? What CJ's dealing with?
yeah. People can take THAT God, and kindly shove it up their ass...
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It grinds my gears when recoveries are attributed to miracles from god after all the work the doctors and nurses have done. Even the spontaneous and mysterious remissions. Because if one recovery is a blessing, then the kids who don't get better must be cursed. And since the same remissions happen in laboratory rats on a regular basis, the unavoidable conclusion is that god is taking the time to save rats (and ruin medical research in the process) while leaving human kids to die.
THERE'S your ass god.
People sometimes ask why I/we are angry with god. We're not though, are we? I'm no more angry at god than I am at Darth Vader or Sauron or Horus Lupercal. It's the believers who piss me off, because they just mindlessly say these things, and when you pay the slightest bit of attention, "the Lord cured my cancer" becomes one of the cruelest and most hateful things one can say.
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I cannot tell you how much I agree with that.
People often ask me if I've thought about suing the hospital because of what happened to littleMonster. It was baffling, the first few times, and I'd try to explain: sepsis happens. Doctors don't cause sepsis, and if it hadn't been for the very creative approach of one particular doc, LittleMonster probably would've died.
And then what? What would've happened to the babies, and their families, of the monsters that came after us? If the doc wasn't on suspension he'd still be distracted over a lawsuit over something he really didn't have control over. Sepsis happens. Hospitals are a great place to pick up antibiotic resistant germs. I'm not angry with the hospital...I'm grateful. They hire some kick-ass physicians and we got lucky. We got life. Why would I turn around and deprive someone else of that...and over something as meaningless as money?
It's the same kind of thing, to my mind.
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I'm sure you could think of a reason if you tried really hard.
For example, I recently became a carnivorous vegetarian. I've adopted vegetarian ethics and found that it greatly enhances my enjoyment of murdered animal flesh.
In essence, I became evil without changing at all.
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That reminds me. I found a birthday present for you yesterday. Yeah, I know, but I wasn't where the present WAS before your birthday, so...late. But I was looking for something in particular and it took a while to find it.
I have to alter it an' then I have to mail it, so look for something in your mailbox in a couple weeks. I'll give you a heads up when i actually stick it in the mail. You'll laugh. It's not something to eat. Vegetarian or otherwise.
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You spoil me rotten. Are all your friends as expensive as I am?
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