Joint Absence Report

[M'kel]

Hi all!

First off, I am VERY SORRY for disappearing on y'all! I had four midterms in three weeks, plus 4 different assignments, 3 of which were short papers. I am basically burnt. This morning was my last one, and I only got 7 hours of sleep last night, so raaah. And, to my joy, the next round of midterms starts again October 29th. Then I will have 3 midterms in two weeks and will probably vanish again. This is very frustrating for me...I should get to have sommme fun!

And now that my midterms are over, I can't even become very active on here again right now, 'cause my laptop appears to have some kind of virus. Internet explorer pages will only remain open for a certain number of page changes or certain amount of time and then close. By the time I get here, log in, read a thread and click to reply, it closes. I am very upset, 'cause this is also interfering with my schoolwork, of course. So, this weekend I'm gonna go to Future Shop or something and get a virus protection program. Hopefully it's not too late to fix the problem...

Oh yeah, and last weekend was Thanksgiving (I'm in Canada), so I got to fly home to visit my family, which was nice, but also unproductive, aha.

And now, the joint report. Gayze (B'kay) sent me an e-mail some time ago (again, sorry for taking so long to post this) letting me know that she is in the hospital. Apparently some kind of goat sliced her leg with its horns...and it's infected. So I'm sure you'll all join me in wishing her the best and hoping she's safely returned to us soon!

[meah]

Good luck with the computer. GET FIREFOX. IT SOLVES ALL YOUR PROBLEMS!

And feel better, Gayze <3

[B'kay]

Hi, guys.

I finally was released yesterday, after having been in the hospital since Oct 5th. I had a run in with a sheep (ram) who pushed against my leg, causing a hematoma, that developed a very rare condition called pyoderma gangrenosum. If you don't mind graphic photos, I've started a blog account of the progress of the leg from the day of the actual injury to now... and continuing through the healing process. It's such a rare condition (1 in 100,000) that most of the doctors working with me had never seen it before, and those who had only on rare occasions.

www.evernote.com/pub/Gayze/Pyoderma_Gangrenosum

It's been a long road, but the process appears to be healing now thanks to large doses of steroids and some very specialized care of the wound. It's great to be home, but it looks like I'm going to be a very long time catching up to life.

Hope all has been well with everybody here.

--Gayze--

[Journye]

I remember the joys of College M'kel *makes a face* Just keep up the hard work and you'll make it through.

I'm sorry to hear about that Gayze *offers hugs* I'm glad your doing better.

We miss you both very much!