Little Gallbie's Adventure Stories

[gerisullivan]

In a mere 4 hours, debgeisler will be driving me to the hospital where I will say my final farewell (and good riddance) to Sir G. Bladder, aka Little Gallbie.

Both names were granted this past week by Mr. Improbable, Marc Abrahams. They make me smile.

We have to be there at 5:30 am; surgery is scheduled for 7:30 am and should be done by 9 or so. If all goes according to plan, I'll won't be staying there overnight. Some people end up staying one night and coming home the next day. If they have to do it the "old way," I'll be in the hospital for 3-4 days and have a much longer recovery period, too. I'm rooting for things going according to plan.

The hospital reportedly has wifi. Deb will be posting some friends-locked entries here, and both she and elaine_brennan are likely to post one or more updates on Little Gallbie's departure, my use of the Comfort Penguin, and other amusements along the way.

If you don't have access to my friends-locked posts and would like updates emailed to you, please send a note to Elaine and ask her to add you to the email distribution list she's managing for me for the next few days, or however long it takes for me to be reasonably back on my feet again.

Elaine's address is elaineb at gmail dot com.

Thanks for all your thoughts and good wishes. Much appreciated!

Bye-bye, Little Gallbie. I'm glad you were happy living here for so very long, and appreciate the clarity and speed with which you made it apparent you're ready to leave. In just a few hours, we'll both be the better for that.

Comments

[kate-schaefer.livejournal.com]

Have a straightforward breakup with Little Gallbie, with no surprises and a rapid recovery.

[elisem.livejournal.com]

ongoing excellent wishes!

[smofbabe.livejournal.com]

I hope Little Gallbie's departure goes smoothly and that your recovery is as painless and rapid as possible. We'll be thinking of you!

of sticks and [gall] stones

[faanboy.livejournal.com]

I join the chorus of those wishing you best of health and speedy recovery and enjoy the chicken soup and etc before your doctors' upcoming[out] cut and paste job. For your dining and dancing pleasure Lori has handcrafted a bit o' artwork for you which she is mailing this/Monday morning to your temporary/recuperating address. So be on the lookout for it!

[mizzlaurajean.livejournal.com]

thinking of you and hoping for a speedy recovery.

[kaffy_r]

Bloody hell, why aren't you asleep, woman!

Hugs, and more best wishes than you know, from both of us.

[don-fitch.livejournal.com]

Fingers crossed in the hope that it'll be an uneventful coming-out party.

As I understand it, the technique to be used doesn't extract the organ whole, so you can't take it home afterwards and keep it (pickled) in a jar on your desk. Condolences about that.

[vgqn.livejournal.com]

Good luck! May you have a nice, boring, uneventful surgery and recovery.

[jamesb.livejournal.com]

best of luck
J

Of all the Gall, and None of It.

[dinogrl.livejournal.com]

Happy Gall outtage, and successful recovery!
(Hope the drugs are worth it!)

[supergee.livejournal.com]

Good luck.

Good Luck!

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

And a speedy recovery.

[jcbemis.livejournal.com]

good luck, and see you soon, I hope

[lauriemann.livejournal.com]

Hope all goes well!

[yarram.livejournal.com]

Wishing you an utterly uneventful removal and a super-speedy recovery!

[fgherman.livejournal.com]

May you have an uneventful surgery and a speedy recovery.

What they said

[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

I hope all goes well and you come home feeling better and very ready for a short and uneventful convalescence. And I will probably call you in a few days to touch base and see how things are going. (That phone call, of course, will be affected by your next LJ post.)

Nate

[nkcmike.livejournal.com]

As I read this at 7ish CDT, you're nicely asleep.

Best wishes for a quick, total, and comfortable recovery!!

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Good luck!

[huladavid.livejournal.com]

Besty wishes, and good night Little Gallbie, where ever you are!

[dd-b.livejournal.com]

Wishing you an uneventful removal (should be done now) and recovery!

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Sounds as though things are so far so good. Fare thee well, Little Gallbie!

[eackerman.livejournal.com]

Hope all goes well!

[maruad.livejournal.com]

I hope all went well.

[lesliet-ma.livejournal.com]

Me too!