Category: Serious

Mom’s surgery

Today Mom went into the hospital to have her carpal tunnel fixed. She had a surgery known as Trapeziometacarpal Arthroplasty, in which the Doctor used the entire Flexor Carpi Radialis Tendon in place of the actual basal joint. It’s quite an interesting procedure, and I had never known anyone to have it done…until now that …

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Today a beautiful soul was taken away from us…

Today turned out to be the most difficult day of my life. Last night I rushed my Mom to the airport for an emergency flight to see her Dad. He was having severe stomach and chest pains. He had to be transported to a much larger hospital than the local one in their small town. …

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Do NOT let them read about penguins!

Today in Children’s Literature we briefly discussed the new kid’s book that is apparently stirring up a lot of controversy. It is called And Tango Makes Three, and it’s about two penguins raising a baby penguin. You may be asking yourself, “what’s the problem with that?” Well, both of the penguins are male. Instead of …

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