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[porphyry]

We spent all day in the hospital because Andrew broke his leg again. Nothing spectacular like a car wreck this time; he just slipped and fell in the bathroom. Probably he fell because his leg was not recovered entirely yet (not that he's been falling or anything), and probably it broke (a spiral fracture, nothing like as bad as before) because his muscles and ligaments weren't strong enough to protect it as they ought.

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[majolika.livejournal.com]

oh no! the poor little guy. that's truly bad luck. You should offer Zeus some food & wine for fast recovery.

[(Anonymous)]

The more traditional thing would be a cock to Asclepios, I think. And after the recovery maybe a tabula votiva?

[(Anonymous)]

The last of which could be fun in a both pagan and Catholic sense.

[malkhos.livejournal.com]

Actually, the temple priesthood seems to have been responsible for putting votive inscriptions with the stories of those healed by Asclepius, as a form of advertising, the patients would dedicate a statue for the healed body part by hanging it on a tree in the shrine.

[(Anonymous)]

You could do that. A leg made of clay hanging from a tree: that should be nice to look at.

[majolika.livejournal.com]

I just wonder if Andrew has an Asclepios action figure as well ... okay, he should have one for sure!

[(Anonymous)]

You could make him an Asclepios Vodou doll;-)

Talking about unusual action figures. Do you know that one?: http://www.toytokyo.com/productImages/1485_1.jpg
(That would look great in front of my picture of Freud's couch.)

And here's much more, including the hideous Mr. Jung, but also Poe, Wilde, Shakespeare, Mozart, Austen and da Vinci: http://www.accoutrements.com/actionfigures/

[majolika.livejournal.com]

haha, they have all of them in the stupid store in the street that crosses mine!

(I have a votive nose/facepart! A friend gave it to me who was getting tired of my headcolds, I fear he stole it in Altötting. Here it is, I should clean it:


PS - the Chimera-Snakepile-Bradamante-in-cutoff-socks - painting over at PP scares me shitless. MALKOS, WHAT IS THAT?

[malkhos.livejournal.com]

I am gald the painting has some effect! The explanation is at the bottom of this entry, if you haven't seen it yet:

http://malkhos.livejournal.com/56288.html

[(Anonymous)]

That thing is awesome! You have the greatest friends ever!

[(Anonymous)]

PS: I still won't steal Vienna's Vermeer for you, sorry.

"Einmal hatte er Urs gebeten, das Gemälde für ihn aus dem Louvre zu steheln. Urs hatte diesen Scherz nicht antworten können. Es schien ihm körperlich weh zu tun, seinem Chef etwas abzuschlagen." (Und so.)

[malkhos.livejournal.com]

No need to make one, here is is receiving offerings:


(http://picasaweb.google.com/Anebo10/PhotosMay2008/photo#5209720527377272434)

[malkhos.livejournal.com]

Perhaps that will do it. :)

[malkhos.livejournal.com]

Yes--to use the parlance of my students--it sucks!

[stefanie-bean.livejournal.com]

Oh, my gosh. Did he break it in the same spot, or another one?

[malkhos.livejournal.com]

A different spot. It's called a "spiral fracture" meaning the pattern is like a corkscrew, typical of falls like the one he took. This time likely his cast will only go to right beneath the knee and the break itself did not occur on a growth plate, so at least there will be no long term problems.

Here we go again! At least I'm sort of used to all this by now.

[malkhos.livejournal.com]

And it was his 5th birthday, too! Some birthday. :(

[(Anonymous)]

Oh no, that's bad luck. I hope he'll get well soon.

[benicek.livejournal.com]

Bloody hell!

Oh well. He'll heal.

[malkhos.livejournal.com]

Yes. I was stunned, actually... and then thought the same thing, that he'll get better.

As a nurse, do you think I ought to ask for a bone scan to check for density?

I mean, the first break--well, it was a car accident. This time was a fall, as children are apt to do, so I guess it's not chronic; well, I guess they'll tell me.

[karinmollberg.livejournal.com]

Oh no! Not again. Hope he recovers, soon.
Don´t know, how often I broke my left arm (originally lefthanded therefore strongest arm) at slipping on the icy streets of Stockholm, or falling, catching myself at last minute not to crack skull, slipping behind the Film House (same city in winter) and laying unconscious in the snowstorm for a while until angel watch woke me up. Just to see "Les Enfants du Paradis"!
All my best wishes for Andrew.

[malkhos.livejournal.com]

In some ways, it's comforting to hear you broke a bone over and over. I don't mean to sound heartless or cruel, but it eases my mind a bit so that I don't have to wonder if this is symptomatic of a worse, underlying problem with him.

I'm glad you replied--haven't heard from you in a while! Hope you are well.

[karinmollberg.livejournal.com]

Was meant exactly that way, too! In my case always the left elbow. Seems there are even a number of different small bones in there, that one can break in succession? Then I got huge amounts of painkillers to eat away at, like smarties, and was told to move the arm as much as possible. Hurt, ofm course but still works like a charm! The arm, I mean. And it didn´t mean I was a particularly brittle person, or anything, just a bit accident-prone. And of course a once broken bone can break more easily again, than one that never was. Andrew will be fine! And I am no nurse, but know.

Thank you! Had lost the fun of it a while, (had a bronchitis that went on for weeks, too) but am well and happy to be back. Very nice to hear that from you.

[bricology.livejournal.com]

Damn! Sorry to hear this -- not only for his sake, but for all of the extra patience and care that you two have had to put into his initial recovery. You deserve a vacation after all of this!

If it's any consolation, I was a very accident-prone boy, and cracked my chin open no less than 3 times (each time requiring stitches). I still turned out OK, and haven't hurt my chin for oh -- about 35 years.

[malkhos.livejournal.com]

I'm happy to hear all my friends here get hurt so much! :) I had lots of broken bones as I child but I was a daredevil and so it was more or less to be expected. (The type who would rake up large piles of leaves and then get the idea that I could jump out of our treehouse into the leaves, for example. It would never occur to Andrew to do something like that.)

Physically, he's a bit awkward and overcautious as though he's slightly uncomfortable moving in his own body. We wanted to sign him up for martial arts training--which is available for young children--simply because it might make him more physically confident (as well as having other benefits). But for now that is on the back burner too, yet I'm thinking more and more how good it will be for him.

I'm sure, once again, he'll be fine. If you've been looking at any of our posts recently, particularly my kitschy Catholic saints one, you will have read that as a child I wanted to be a nun, but want I really wanted to be was a saint. Maybe I'll get that after all. :) Or at least a nice vacation out of it, as you say.

[himmapaan.livejournal.com]

Oh, my goodness, I'm so late with this. I'm sorry to hear it. Poor chap to have to endure it again.

[malkhos.livejournal.com]

I know! I feel so disheartened, but in a day or two I'll be my normal chipper self, I guess. Thanks so much for your well wishes.