Attachments

[mrdreamjeans]

I'm moving slowly this morning. I've not succumbed to the general crud that's been going around for a couple of months, but I begin a course of sulfa drugs this morning for an ear infection. I've been able to sing for the past couple of days, but it's been difficult... I've had an ear ache, the pain running down my jaw into my neck where one of my glands is swollen. Damn allergies! It's all on the left side too. I'm left-handed and so many of the things affect me are always on the left side. I wonder what the correlation is... Is this an attachment for all things "left"? :)

My nephew Ross had surgery yesterday to re-attach his retina. As I posted previously, he has a detached retina and a cataract in his left eye generated by repeated incidents of self-abuse. His eye doctors decided to perform surgery (otherwise, it was likely he would be blind in that eye). Ross made it through the surgery fine, but the recovery has already seen some of the anticipated problems.

With his severe autism, Ross displays many obsessive/compulsive traits; translated - this means he won't leave the bandages alone. He has two attendants working 24/7 to keep him from ripping the eye-patch off. He's in a helmet and restraints, but still managed to yank the gauze out from under the patch. He was also is bleeding from the nose (reason unknown to me) and smeared it all over the bandage. When I spoke with my parents yesterday, my sister was trying to find a sedative that Ross could tolerate.... I can't imagine what will happen when they try to remove the cataract which requires a larger incision.

Rehearsals are proceeding a pace with a staging rehearsal this afternoon at Club Fugazi for the opening and closing numbers of our benefit this coming Monday evening. Carole Cook is hosting and Sharon McKnight has been added to the line up. (I had dinner at the Sausage Factory in the early 1980s with Sharon and a guy named "Snake". It was the right place to have dinner with a guy so aptly named. But, I digress:)

As to attachments (as in friends), gotmoof (Tim) flew in yesterday and I'll have an opportunity to see him over the weekend; also - thanks to sflonestar (Jim), Tim will be at our benefit on Monday night with Jim. Last evening, recently-deleted Live Journaler tecwizsfo (Richard) and arkanjil (Trey) attended "Evita" and came back stage. They both seemed to enjoy the show immensely. Richard commented on how different it feels to have someone you know up on stage in one of these tours. For me, having friends in the audience always gives me an added spark. I think it was a great start to Richard's birthday - which is today. No foolin! Happy Birthday, Richard!!! Attachments, indeed!