Rusticate Girl and Hermana Bee gave birth!!! Hermana is not currently blogging, but you can read RG's announcement in her Nov. 8 post, "Welcome, Baby Boy"

Reading RG, I started to get emotional because her hospital trauma reminded me of mine ... but then I remembered: Mine was EASY compared to the stress if there had been a child involved.

Dr. Quack is reducing my ceftriaxone down to about 500 mg per day, eliminating the rifampin, and putting me on Zithromax and some other drug with an 'M' in its name. He also wants me to do hyperbaric oxygen, which does have risks.

Someone appears to be artificially inflating my web hits. I wish they would stop.