Her right lung has collapsed.
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Other Places I Blog
- AfterElton.com
I blog there mostly about movies, actors, and TV shows, but sometimes I sneak in some politics. - AfterEllen.com
I don't blog here as frequently as at their brother site, AfterElton.com, but they let my inner Warrior Princess run free now and then when I have news to report about Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Connor, or Xena: Warrior Princess.
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- YesBiscuit!
Powerful advocacy blogging for sheltered pets and against bad sheltering practices. - Vox Felina
Feral/free-roaming cats and trap-neuter-return/TNR: critiquing the opposition with science, facts, and evidence. - PetsitUSA Blog
The best place to get breaking pet food recall news from the relentless Therese Kopiwoda. - KC DOG BLOG
Great no-kill coverage, interesting commentary, and news no one else has. - BAD RAP
From the pit bull wars. - Food Politics
Food safety and nutrition scientist and reformer Marion Nestle's blog. Required reading for anyone who, you know, eats stuff. - AMERICAblog
I keep getting fed up with some of the more testosterone-drenched political blogs, and have to stop reading them for a while. And yet I never stop reading this one. - Pam's House Blend
I never miss reading the Blend. Fantastic LGBT plus mainstream politics in the perfect mix for my interests. - What Do I Know?
This is the longest-running blog on my blogroll -- written by ex-pat Kathy Flake, commentary on politics and stories about her dog.
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Oh, god...please update later if you can!!!
Posted by: Red | 13 September 2009 at 06:49 PM
Keeping you and your mom in my thoughts, and praying everything is OK for both of you :(
Posted by: K.P. | 13 September 2009 at 09:18 PM
Oh fucking shit! I thought I'd see if you'd posted an update on your mum here since I talked to you the other day and I'm so saddened to find these last two posts.
Hang in there darling. I'm thinking of you and hoping for the best.
Posted by: Leanne | 14 September 2009 at 10:21 AM
Christie--
There's not much I can say, other than that my thoughts are with you. I check here and the blog at PetConnection often, looking for news of you and of your mother. I've been in your shoes, and know how lonely they can feel.
Every good wish--
Lisa in cape May County, NJ
Posted by: Lisa in Cape May County, NJ | 14 September 2009 at 11:58 AM
I was hoping you would update news about your mother. I had breast cancer, chemo, surgeries, Femara (still) -- and also sat with my parents as they were hospitalized with serious illness. Watching a beloved parent suffer is far worse than anything.
I think your mom raised you to have the heart of a warrior.
Posted by: Catherine | 14 September 2009 at 03:07 PM
Sending you, your mom & the rest of your family much, much love.
Posted by: Cate | 14 September 2009 at 06:11 PM
This is sounding like just too-too much suffering for a woman who must be possessed by greatness. Un-great women don't usually raise daughters who have such a solid truth line running through them not to mention such courage. I'm sure you know that many cannot stay the course that you are staying. So, I am just another stranger wishing to reach out and offer comfort despite knowing that you are both possibly beyond that. This is a terrible, terrifying story. If it can happen to a woman with a daughter like you - informed, present, non inflammatory and most likely not annoying, it can happen to anyone. And does. All too often.
Posted by: Mallory Kates | 14 September 2009 at 09:34 PM