Bacalao con Convulsiones, pacientes, quemaduras de niñitos

You wouldn't want to see me through the monitor. I look like an electric blanket that's been peed on by a wet dog. I have a nasty ear infection and I periodically clear my sinuses in kind of a high-pitched wheeze, followed by gulps of air forced into every orifice of my face, my head pitched to the left, so I look like an epileptic codfish. Now that you have the visual, imagine me trying to assist other sick people and you have my day.

I did get to tell a lady she's expecting again. What does she expect after barfing up everything she ate for 2 months and not using birth control? Well if this baby's anything like her first two she should be expecting a contract from Gerber very soon. Big gummy smiles, pokey belly, infectious high-pitched laugh, sparkling eyes. All those baby things that make big people purposely imitate sounds that come out of an elephant's butt. Who else could make us do that?

Later today I was eating a salad in a restaurant and I saw a dad and other relatives come in with a little boy, about 3. At first I noticed the boy had bandaged feet and I was going to ask what did he do to his little footsies but it became apparent that he had been injured by fire. He had burns on his arms and places on his head that had no hair. He reminded me of little Alex. This little boy had been going to Shriner's. His face was fine and it looks like most of the hair will grow back. Looks like he has a body cast about him and it appeared they have repaired his right ear to look like the left. I hope he has his hearing. I just prayed and prayed for that little boy. I saw also they had worked extensively on his right hand and saved all his fingers which were swollen and maybe didn't move independently but they were there. Unfortunately they were not able to save his left fingers. I just loved that little boy. The daddy said his house had burnt down. The daddy just loved this little boy- was playing with him constantly, even checking his left arm, loving him, touching him. I wonder what happened to the mother? I hope she didn't perish in the fire! God, I wish burns never happened to little ones. Anyone at all but especially not little ones. But one good thing about being little is the skin has such recuperative qualities at that age. I've seen little ones who've been severely burnt, and the skin grows back perhaps lighter than the original pigment but nice and smooth, and not so warped, like an adult's. I would take the burns if I could in place of either of these little boys. I was so happy to see this little boy's eyes worked. He did have one place on his face that needs repair yet but it looks like he's going to do well. It's harder though when a child is 7 or 8 or so and is burned; it seems then that the scars get more warped as we as humans age.
In some places far from good medical centers they use some kind of liana on burns and it seems to do so remarkably well.
Little Alex has had all his operations and I suppose he's now back at home in North Carolina.

I've been on a4esl.org a lot, practicing Japanese. In less than 2 weeks I'll be in Gifu. I didn't realize how far Gifu is from Tokyo until I looked at the map. To shop in Tokyo I'll have to spend a lot of time on the train, even if it is fast. Probably an hour at least. People ask why are we going to Gifu? It's so small, not so cosmopolitan. Well exactly. That's why. Cosmopolitan Nagoya is nearby. I'm anticipating all this very much. My only regret is not being able to go for longer. Well as long as my ears drain by then, and I don't look like a puddle of cat barf, maybe the Japanese will not run me out of their country, at least for a while!