Matthew Abis, (a 20 something yr old guy with Down Syndrome)had open heart surgery yesterday. They replaced some pulmonary valves & fixed a bunch of other things. He's doing real well & is up & alert (a heckuva lot better than Uncle Yossie was 1 day after his surgery). Anyway i go down to LeBonheur hospital to visit him, & he's got these real bad hiccups which as you can imagine after that surgery is causing him a lot of pain. The nurse was in there trying to figure something out.
I suggest our hiccup remedy of squeezing the ears while drinking, & it of course worked immediately! So that was cool. I think I'll bill their insurance for that.
Then on the way home, Boris hiccuped & finally gave out on Walnut Grove & Mendenhall. Not wanting to hear about me on the rush hr traffic reports, I got it started one more time & got it onto a quiet side street before it died again. The heat index was only 115 while I waited for AAA. So Boris is at the mechanic & hopefully we'll have a prognosis tomorrow. I'm glad I was driving it today & not Ima.
Has Boris been drinking enough vodaka? Maybe he needs a better octane in his tank. I hope Matthew has afull recovery so he could continue singing Adon Olam.
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