[subego]

I went to the Adler Planetarium for the first time in decades.

The main theatre was set up like a regular theatre that just happened to have a dome-shaped screen. The night sky was not projected onto it except as a backdrop, and even if it had been, the seating wasn’t optimized for viewing it.

Maybe one of the other theatres is more traditionally used, or they rearrange the seating for other shows, but what they had can’t be accurately termed a planetarium.

I am embarrassed for my city.

[subego]

Just got triple-vaxxed. Third is for shingles. Good times



I’m still torqued off about the planetarium.

[subego]

Shingles afterpain was worse than the other two combined.

[subego]

Went to a dispensary, so I am officially no longer allowed to buy a gun.

[reader50]

Originally Posted by subego 

Went to a dispensary, so I am officially no longer allowed to buy a gun.

You set foot in a pot store, so you have a lifetime ban on gun purchases? That doesn't sound right. I thought it was only a ban on purchases while you're using (or recently used).

[subego]

I may have bought some.

On the form to buy a gun, Sam asks the applicant if they do any federally illegal drugs. Pot is listed explicitly. Answer “yes” and the application is denied. Lying on the application is 5 in the poke.

[andi*pandi]

there are tons of places in the USA where the streets are lined w both pot and gun shops. I don't think that checkbox is stopping people.

Another case to be made for federal legalization.

[reader50]

Last I heard, the Feds began the process to reclassify marijuana to a lower level. No idea if Trump will interfere though.

[Laminar]

Originally Posted by reader50 

Last I heard, the Feds began the process to reclassify marijuana to a lower level. No idea if Trump will interfere though.

Good for people + good for the economy + widespread support buuuuuuuut it's a culture-war wedge issue? He's definitely blocking it.

[subego]

Finally had the MRI. Smooth jazz.

[subego]

Waited five months for a pair of handmade boots only to discover I needed to go up a width.

[subego]

Original flavor Pickapeppa sauce is apparently a rarified item.

[Thorzdad]

Someone needs to pull Paul McCartney aside and let him know his voice is beyond shot.

[andi*pandi]

Originally Posted by subego 

Waited five months for a pair of handmade boots only to discover I needed to go up a width.

take to a cobbler for stretching? if leather...

[subego]

They’re returnable, and if I only had the width change there’d be a shortened lead time for a new pair.

I kinda want to make more changes though, so I’m giving up the slot and getting store credit towards the new pair with regular lead times.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

If they’re handmade, shouldn’t they have a more robust fitting process?

[subego]

They’re in Spokane, so without a trip I was stuck taking my own measurements. They sell the returns at a loss, so I gather it works most of the time.

[reader50]

A suggestion. If you have a pair of shoes that fit great, you could ship that pair to them as a size reference. They'd ship the reference pair back with your order.

[subego]

That’s an interesting idea, but even if they offered it, my current boots are Chelseas. The gaping maw of an upper begins forward of where my new boots are binding.

They used to ship out samples for sizing, but stopped for some reason.

Luckily, my current boots have a decent amount of life left. I knew the new ones would take awhile, so I started early.

[Thorzdad]

Quite a bit more than a minor irritant...Our barely-one-and-a-half-month-old grandson is having heart surgery tomorrow morning to repair a narrowing of an artery.

[subego]

Jesus… that’s horrible. Wishing him the best of luck.

[Thorzdad]

Thank you. He’s had issues. Low birthweight. Only one kidney. Heart defects. My son and his wife have been all but living at Riley Children’s Hospital here in Indy since he was born. They live up in middle-of-nowhere northern Indiana.

The baby is a remarkably chill kid, even through all the testing, poking, prodding, scanning, etc.

I just found out the surgery has been pushed back to the afternoon, and possibly Friday. His surgeon had a heart transplant come in, and it takes precedence, obviously.

His surgeon just recently performed his 200th heart transplant. On freaking children
So, we’re guessing he’s in capable hands lol

[andi*pandi]

Wow, poor little guy. Sending positive vibes and continued strength. <3

[ghporter]

Thorzdad, with a track record like that surgeon has, your grandson is in good hands.

[Thorzdad]

Thanks. We feel comforted by the surgeon’s record.

The little guy has had a rough time. His one good kidney isn’t draining fully, so the had to insert a drain tube into the kidney to better drain it and relieve pressure and swelling, with an eye to eventually fixing the draining problem. During the operation, he had a cardiac event. He’s okay, thankfully.

After the operation, his breathing was off, and he sounded wheezy. The pediatrician had a chest xray done (to make sure there was no infection. there wasn’t) and they noticed his heart looked a bit big. One nuclear scan later, they discovered heart defects (two of which, thankfully, are not serious and should resolve themselves as he grows) The major problem is a narrowing of an artery (not sure which one) and that’s the subject of the surgery.

[ghporter]

None of a 6-week-old’s arteries are exactly large, and any artery related to the heart is particularly important. So fixing any of the little guy’s plumbing is pretty important.

Fortunately, except for the very small size of the patient, most artery surgery is basically human plumbing - precision work with high importance, but not like having to rebuild parts of the heart.

When my wife worked as a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit nurse, they often had little ones with really complex and seriously critical heart anomalies. Their success record was astonishing, and it’s amazing just how rugged an infant can be.

So say hi to your grandson for all of us. We’re all pulling for him.

[reader50]

I'm not an expert on babies, but it seems odd to have so many problems. Especially being down a kidney.

You might suggest having their tap water tested for trace amounts of contaminants or pharmaceuticals. It shouldn't happen in tap water, but I have read about human pharmaceutical runoff (from trash dumping?) getting into streams. That it's causing weird issues for fish in some streams & lakes. A water processing plant should remove all such traces before it reaches your tap, but it wouldn't hurt to check.

A reputable testing lap will probably want a few hundred to run a full battery of tests. The annual drinking water report from their water district should already have those test results. But their tests will be from random taps around town, not the ones in their specific house.

Unregulated supplements are also proving to have unexpected things in them. It's produced some recalls and lawsuits.

[Thorzdad]

Surgery was yesterday. All seems to have gone well. They kept him sedated through today, and now he’s off it. They also removed his chest tube, and detubated him today. Parents report all is well.

[subego]

That’s so good to hear!!!

[Spheric Harlot]

Phew.

[ghporter]

I’m very glad to hear this.

[Thorzdad]

He was taken off oxygen yesterday. He’s still wired-up to all sorts of sensors and whatnot. The only invasive item from this surgery left is a feeding tube snaked up his nose. I suspect that will go away soon, as he started bottle feeding yesterday and has been pounding it down like a champ, kinda surprising the nurses.

We hope to see everyone sometime today, depending on how up for visitors mom and dad feel. They’re very tired.

*feeding tube is out

[subego]

This is all great to hear!

[andi*pandi]

All very encouraging progress!

[ghporter]

Excellent news. A hearty appetite is a good sign.

[subego]

Food poisoning, barf city, trip to the ER (which is mostly my fault for trying to rehydrate too quickly)… you know the drill.

Home now. Desperately want a soda.

[ghporter]

Ouch. NOT a “minor” irritant in my book. I had a three-day stay in a hospital because of food poisoning…over my birthday. Anyway, I’m really, REALLY picky about food safety since then (30+ years ago). I’ve trashed “probably good” food so many times I can’t count, but I haven’t had another bout of food poisoning since.

Slow oral hydration is the best practice. Your stomach has to learn to trust again, ya know?

[Thorzdad]

Weird. I’m deep into my 60s and cannot for the life of me recall ever undergoing a bout of food poisoning. And I’m a “it doesn’t smell too bad, so it must be ok” kind of eater.

[subego]

It’s about once a year for me. I eat out a lot.

[reader50]

I've had it - not fun. Each time it happened, I'd forgotten to replace the filters annually on my Reverse Osmosis water filter. If the carbon filters become saturated with chlorine, chlorine will reach the membrane and destroy it. After that, you start drinking your filters. Then visiting the restroom a lot.

[ghporter]

Don’t eat leftovers from fast food hours after bringing them home. Just don’t.

[Thorzdad]

Our grandson was released today, and is heading home

Quite unexpectedly, and based on this morning’s ultrasound, the doctors pulled his neph tube completely! They must have seen that it was working just fine now. So, no kidney surgery needed. Amazing.

He looks so good, now, too. Plump and pink, like a real baby lol. Still small, but eating like a horse and steadily gaining weight.

[andi*pandi]

I'm so glad for you all. wonderful news!

[subego]

Fantastic!!!

[Ω]

Irratating how positive this thread has become.

[subego]

My new pillows are too fluffy.