[Magdalen] I met Doogie Howser.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

My wife and I have a sort of running joke, we fantasize exclaiming:

"Does your mother know you are in this hospital pretending to be a doctor!!"

I swear, they all look about twelve.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 4:06 PM, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:

> They all look young now Mike.  My oral surgeon looks like she's 15.
> Very nice, very good but very young.
> Susan
>
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 12:11 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
> wrote:
> > My cutting went well, and Doogie (the VERY young surgeon) did very
> well.  A very nice, efficient fellow.  I was given what I was told was a
> big dose of Xanax ahead of time (no intravenous sedation there, nuh uh),
> and, to be honest, I did feel some lessening of anxiety, but not nearly
> enough to make the still quite painful surgery anything less than what it
> was.  He did two biopies, on the edge of and slightly into the worst part
> of the worst-remaining wound area.  Half-way through the second it was
> CLEAR I was feeling what was happening, so he shot me a third time with
> lidocaine, which for all intents and purposes, worked.  The leg wounds have
> been healing so well on their own, he told me to simply continue what I've
> been doing in terms of wound care.  Entire procedure, done in under 15
> minutes.
> >
> > Next, soon a PET scan, blessedly possibly on a Saturday, and maybe even
> closer to home.  After that, one or more visits with Doc Kim at the cancer
> center, and of course, the whole ball of wax is hardly fully formed yet, so
> there could be more interesting news to come, but at least for now, no more
> cutting, and I can actually go to work every now and then for a change.
> >
> > Phew.
>
>
>
> --
> The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among
> you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the
> land of Egypt.
> Leviticus 19:34
>