Deck us all with Boston Charlie

[sovay]

Well, this year we spent Christmas Day at the ER. derspatchel went down on some ice on Elm Street around noon and wrenched his ankle so badly I had to go into Davis and retrieve him from Starbucks, where he had managed to hobble; Harvard Vanguard was closed unless we could get to Kenmore or Braintree (no), so we headed to our old friend the Mount Auburn ER. Verdict, several hours later: a fracture in the tibia that runs into the joint (things you do not want to hear both the X-ray tech and the covering doctor say: "I've never seen anything like that before!"); Rob has been splinted and sent home on crutches with instructions to come back and see the surgeon on Friday; eggnog has been postponed until Boxing Day and I failed to notify everyone in time, but we are opening presents with my parents in Lexington, God damn it, because it is Christmas nonetheless.

I got my husband the new DVD of Jack Benny's legendary flop The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945). My husband got me two new books of Larry Marder's Beanworld. My parents got us a lot of kitchen implements and a gorgeous artist's proof that looks like a cross between an original poster for Equus and a line drawing by Cocteau. (The company I work for got me a combination calendar and calculator. I've never received a present from a corporate entity before. It is exactly as personal as I would have expected.) We're eating spanakopita and clementines. Rob will be eating some painkillers as soon as we can find a twenty-four-hour pharmacy.

And for the new year, we'd really like no more ER visits, please. That is our wish for a Twelfth Night present. Tumult and revelry, bring it on. I got nothing to say to hospitals.

Comments

[phi]

I have the impression that you've spent far more than your fair share of time in hospitals this year. I very much hope next year is better.

[sovay]

I have the impression that you've spent far more than your fair share of time in hospitals this year.

It's been ridiculous.

I very much hope next year is better.

Thank you! I wish you the same freedom from medical bobcat. This year has contained a lot of bobcat that way.

[thistleingrey]

Gah. I hope his recovery is swift and complete.

[kate_nepveu]

Yikes! Hope painkillers were procured very quickly indeed (pain inhibits healing, I read it in a story somewhere so it must be true!) and there are no further ER visits in your future.

[rose-lemberg.livejournal.com]

UGH I am so sorry it's been his&hers ER visits kind of season :/ Hope there will be no more of those, but much light and revelry.

[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

Verdict, several hours later: a fracture in the tibia that runs into the joint

OUCH...
Feel better, Spatch!

And for the new year, we'd really like no more ER visits, please.
Amen!

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

"I've never seen anything like that before!"

I tell my docs I have never been called normal... sigh..

hope things improve, and your holidays are ER free from here on out.

[gwynnega]

Wishing you no more ER visits!

[ckd]

Here's hoping for no more ER visits or similar unhappiness for either of you for the rest of 2013, all of 2014, and then some.

[yhlee.livejournal.com]

Eep. May y'all avoid further mishap!

[kenjari.livejournal.com]

Ouch! I hope that derspatchel's tibia heals up quickly, without requiring any additional medical intervention. And that there are no more ER visits for a good long while.

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Oh, man! It seems to be that sort of a holiday season, though hopefully it won't persist into the new year. Best wishes, good thoughts, and those presents sound great.

[rosefox]

Augh, what rotten luck. I hope 2014 is ER-less for you!

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

What?!? Damn!

Enough is enough: I wish you no more ER visits this year, next year, and all the tomorrows after that.

I hope derspatchel's tibia heals swiftly and perfectly.

*hugs*

Nine

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

Clearly my wishes for you both to have good health have not been strong enough. I don't know if the weather is right for me to sacrifice a goat on a chocolate altar. Or is that sacrifice some chocolate to a goat?

*sigh*I really hope you have a year with excellent health for the both of you, in addition to much love and enough headspace to breath. I know you have the second; I'm not 100% sure on the third.

[fidelioscabinet.livejournal.com]

Ouch. May this happen no more!

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry to hear that. I wish Rob swift healing and both of you the Twelfth Night present that you'd wish to have.

I sympathise, having spent one Christmas Day some years back taking my mother to the ER with pleurisy. Not fun.

I'm glad ye still got to Lexington. Happy Boxing Day!

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

That sounds thoroughly painful. I wish him a speedy recovery.

[papersky.livejournal.com]

Gosh. Now there's a thing.

Get well soon, and a hearty endorsement of your ER wish.

[farwing.livejournal.com]

Wow. That sucks. Ugh. *hugs*

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

I hope the remainder of 2013 and your new year are ER-visit free.

[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

Sympathy for the Christmas hospital visit. Hoping you've both filled your illness/injury quota and can take the next few years off.

[beowabbit]

Oh, no! That’s worse than I feared when I saw his post. Hope he heals quickly and I hope they decide surgery isn’t necessary.

Didn’t somebody tell him you’re supposed to break a leg during the show?

[pameladean]

Oh dear. Best wishes for good healing.

P.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

You guys simply MUST develop a better hobby than ER visits, okay??? Concerts, fine. Checking out interesting new eating establishments, fine. Theater, cooking with friends, poetry slams, even drum circles. EVEN DRUM CIRCLES, OK? But you have to drop the ER room visits.

[sovay]

I am so sorry it's been his&hers ER visits kind of season

It's been ridiculous! I do not ever recall, like Scrooge with his ghosts, asking to take all our medical emergencies at once and get them over with.

Hope there will be no more of those, but much light and revelry.

Thank you. We are doing what we can!

[sovay]

Amen!

From your mouth to Apollo's ears.

[sovay]

hope things improve, and your holidays are ER free from here on out.

Thank you. So far we only have some follow-up visits! Lately that's ahead of the curve!

[sovay]

Wishing you no more ER visits!

Thank you!

[sovay]

Here's hoping for no more ER visits or similar unhappiness for either of you for the rest of 2013, all of 2014, and then some.

Thank you. I'm sure we can't ward them all off (it seems presumptuous), but we can at least space them more widely and dampen the severity a bit!

[sovay]

Eep. May y'all avoid further mishap!

Thank you! We're trying!

[sovay]

And that there are no more ER visits for a good long while.

Thank you! derspatchel is now in a cast, which we firmly agree is better than pinned.

[sovay]

It seems to be that sort of a holiday season, though hopefully it won't persist into the new year.

I am really hoping these were all the ER visits of 2014, jostling ahead in the queue!

Best wishes, good thoughts, and those presents sound great.

Thank you! The kitchen implements are on slight hold, but everything else is being enjoyed!

[sovay]

I hope 2014 is ER-less for you!

Thank you!

[sovay]

What?!? Damn!

Seriously! We know!

Enough is enough: I wish you no more ER visits this year, next year, and all the tomorrows after that.

Thank you.

[sovay]

I really hope you have a year with excellent health for the both of you, in addition to much love and enough headspace to breath. I know you have the second; I'm not 100% sure on the third.

Thank you. I won't say we'll make breathing room if it kills us, because that way lies tempting the ER, but it is an actual, active goal.

[sovay]

May this happen no more!

We'd like that! Thank you!

[sovay]

I'm glad ye still got to Lexington. Happy Boxing Day!

It was worth it. Thank you!

[sovay]

That sounds thoroughly painful. I wish him a speedy recovery.

Thank you. We appear to be moving out of the "screamingly painful" stage and into the "incredibly annoying, is this still going on?" which probably is an improvement!

[sovay]

Get well soon, and a hearty endorsement of your ER wish.

Thank you.

[sovay]

Wow. That sucks. Ugh. *hugs*

Basically!

*hugs*

[sovay]

I hope the remainder of 2013 and your new year are ER-visit free.

Thank you.

[sovay]

Hoping you've both filled your illness/injury quota and can take the next few years off.

We'd be cool with that! Thank you.

[sovay]

Hope he heals quickly and I hope they decide surgery isn’t necessary.

Not so far! We made our follow-up appointment yesterday and he was sent home in a very stylish cast.

Didn’t somebody tell him you’re supposed to break a leg during the show?

I guess when you have two shows so close together, the timing gets confusing . . .

[sovay]

Oh dear. Best wishes for good healing.

Thank you. They are appreciated!

[sovay]

Theater, cooking with friends, poetry slams, even drum circles. EVEN DRUM CIRCLES, OK? But you have to drop the ER room visits.

You are wonderful.

Thank you. We're trying!