Get Well Soon, Lois McMaster Bujold

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One of our favorite authors is recovering from a sudden illness. Nicked from wcg, who posted in lmbujold:

This was posted on the Bujold chat list. Figured I'd pass the word along.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [LMB] health bulletin
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 14:20:16 -0500
From: Lois McMaster Bujold


Hi All --

My plans for May were abruptly re-arranged by a perforated appendix,
hideously complicated by the docs taking an extra seven days to figure
out my diagnosis because, it turns out, my appendix was in a
non-standard location. I'm just back from the hospital yesterday,
"resting uncomfortably" as they say, planning to hide out from everyone
who wants me to do things for them. Biggest bummer was missing my
daughter's college graduation, which is taking place today out in
Portland, Oregon, without me.

I'll basically not be up for much till I get the drainage tube out,
Thursday I hope. The one good piece of all this was that the clever
surgeon was able to do a laparoscopic appendectomy, so all I have to
heal are three little holes, like on a bowling ball. The surgeon gave
me great pictures of the operation-in-progress, taken internally; I'm
considering whether to be bloody-minded enough to scan them and put them
on my MySpace page, later.

And after all that, I only lost three pounds. Seems unfair.

Please do not send cards, letters, food, flowers, e-mail, or
anything else to which I would be socially obliged to respond. But
while I'm on the subject of gastroenterology, now is a good time to
remind folks about my niece Molly McMaster's Colon Club and Colandar,
still available for 2008:

http://www.colonclub.com/index.html

http://www.colonclub.com/colondar.html

My brother tells me they are planning to do the photo shoot for the
2009 Colandar up at their place on Lake George very soon.

Ta, L. (slowly catching up.)

Okay, so, no e-mails to Lois. Put your good wishes here, and we'll forward them along.