Prognosis - alive

...but still Canadian. :(
Thanks for all the kind words in this thread, PM, email and text.
I was pretty messed up for a few days with dopey meds and antibiotics but things are looking good for the future and for my North American Arthur Fonzarelli impression tour. Best part of the stay had to be when they loaded me with painkillers and then a local to drain my thumb. They poked a nice little hole and some clearish liquid started coming out...then it started to squirt blood like the back of a jet ski. Was really freakin' cool. After 10 or 15 seconds of that it slowed to a trickle and the doctor began
massaging the area...this is when the blood turned to the body of hatred. I was giving birth, through my thumb, to some nasty looking goop. The doctor did his magic, I made my jokes and the poor nurse had to play center field to whatever my body spewed out. Now I'm on some antibiotic at home but will still be going in for lube, oil and filter for a few more weeks until my blood is slightly better than your average AIDS patient.
Now I have to work on gaining a few pounds since I lost a bit of weight the past few months.
I hate jello.