Thanks to all for the kind thoughts and wishes. Mom did quite well in surgery. She finally got to her room last night after 8pm. Long day at the hospital (1pm to 9pm).
Tj, I'd be more than happy if I didn't see the inside of another hospital again for several years. Unfortunately, with Ricki's pending knee surgery and then hip replacement surgery, that's just not going to happen.
What I should do is get a job at the hospital. Heck, I can probably figure out how to remove an appendix, how hard can it be? Does it bother anyone else that the word appendix can mean either (1) an addition to a document, such as a book or legal contract or (2) a human organ. So if someone tells you they had appendicitis, you can never be quite sure whether or not they had a medical problem or a publishing problem.
Do you know that we (the collective we as in the human race type of we, but not to be confused with human wee which is an entirely different subject matter) don't even know what the medical appendix does? Some people know what purpose the book appendix serves, personally it's been years since I've looked at a book appendix, so for me they are a waste of space. Come to think of it, since no one knows what the medical appendix does, I'm kinda thinking that they are a waste of space as well. Just think if you didn't have an appendix you could free up some extra space to store something else in there (oh, I'm back to talking about the medical appendix here, try and keep up will ya?). We could have a second heart to run faster and jump higher. Or perhaps we could fashion a little door to access this extra space or a pouch like a kangaroo. You could carry your wallet, cell phone and Ipod in your appendix pouch. You know, I think I'm on to something here. Dang you people are lucky I never became a doctor.
You want to know a strange bit of JHAP trivia? Too bad, I'm telling you anyway, many years ago my wisdom teeth came in without any problems and they are still in my mouth to this day. That's probably why I'm able to think of all these unusual things. It's like I'm a medical miracle.
