…I’m not.
Apologies if this seems in poor taste or mawkish or whatever.
Just…be nice to each other today, out there in internet land.
All of us usually have no idea what other people are going through in their real lives at any given moment.
And at the end of the day, words on a screen don’t mean a thing.
Glyph
Glyph is worse than some and better than others. He believes that life is just one damned thing after another, that only pop music can save us now, and that mercy is the mark of a great man (but he's just all right). Nothing he writes here should be taken as an indication that he knows anything about anything.
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Is this your kid?
Glyph, you have my thoughts.Report
Yeah. Thanks Saul.Report
Glyph, man, our thoughts are with you, too.Report
Thanks Professor.Report
Heart holding.Report
God bless.Report
oh, hon. Thinking of you and baby and all your’n.Report
She said it better than I could’ve. Best of luck from every corner.Report
We’ll be thinking of you as well.Report
You’ll be in my thoughts.Report
None of us are that tough.Report
Shortly after Lain was born, we were called at five in the morning after some tests that we needed to drive four hours or so to immediately see a “pediatric cardiologist” (a job that I didn’t know existed, but whose title says it all). The immediately was stressed. It was… traumatizing. For us, anyway. She was a happy little darling the whole time, which made it even more difficult. Everything went fine and the test came back positive.
It was a little after that we found out about the hip dysplasia and that she would be required to wear a brace on her legs for the first six months of her life. We kept telling ourselves that this was a better problem to have than the heart thing. Seeing her in that brace, though, for the first time, was just heart-breaking. Something was officially wrong with our little girl. No matter how trivial, ultimately, we knew that little wrong thing to be.
I don’t know the story behind the picture, and I certainly can’t claim to have been there. But my imagination has a better grasp of it that it once did. Good luck, and God bless.Report
Glyph, I have something in my eye. I was there twenty two years ago (all was well soon thereafter, and I don’t think about it very often any more); I don’t mean this as advice, exactly, but, from my experience then, now is a good time to be gentle on all concerned, including yourself.Report
Oy.Report
No one is that tough! I hope it turns out okay whatever it is.Report
All the best my friend.Report
Thanks everybody. I think the worst is behind us.
It’s been a stressful few days here at Casa Glyph.Report
That’s good to hear. My thoughts and best wishes are with you and yours nevertheless. We like stories about healthy babies around here — yours needs to be one of those again, soon!Report
Good to hear, best wishes.Report
Glad to hear. May your baby recover quickly.Report
Thats good. Get some sleep if you can, it will make you feel better.Report
I imagine it has. Good yo hear that things are on the upswing, though. I hope you’re all playing around at home very soon.Report
Good to hear. You are in my thoughts.Report
Thanks MRS. She’s home now, looking forward to a quiet weekend.Report
So glad to hear that. She’s awfully damn cute.Report
Oh wow, I’m just seeing this.
My heart and prayers are with you and your family, Glyph.Report
I’m also late to seeing this.
Hang tough, little trooper.Report
All my thoughts are with you. Little babies are some of the toughest things out there.Report
Hi Glyph, I realize I’m quite late to this, but you and your fam will be in my thoughts and prayers. I’m glad to hear the little one is home, now.
We have some good friends who just had their fifth baby last week. He was rather early and is now in the NICU. Mid-July is when they’re thinking they’ll be able to release him. Watching this happen to friends is heartbreaking enough, I can’t imagine what it’s like to live it.Report