Another Friday

Here I am. Same batime, same bat channel. It's Friday evening and my husband is due home from Amsterdam and my daughter is in her "street dance" class here at the Park Club. I have spent the day being overwhelmingly amazed and grateful for the miracle that occurred on the Hudson River. I vow to listen the next time a flight attendant reviews what we should all do in case of a water landing.

My sinuses have been really bad this week, so I sucked it up and entered into the National Health System once again. Fortunately, the doctor I saw last time is on maternity leave and I saw a lovely man who actually looked in my throat and my ears and asked a few questions before giving me a script for antibiotics. He said he usually gives sinusitis 5 to 7 days before prescribing an antibiotic, but he would give the prescription and I could either wait or go ahead and have it filled. I went ahead and filled it. I've had enough infections now to recognize the taste I get in the back of my throat when I have one. Too much info?

So I got a call last night from an amateur telemarketer trying to raise money for a little girl with a tumor on her spine. The NHS won't pay for an operation because of the odds against it being successful, so the family is trying to raise the money to send the little girl to New York for the procedure. He didn't want any money over the phone, but he wanted to send me some raffle tickets and consider buying them or selling them to friends or family. When I get the info in the mail, I'll also get a Web site address where I can learn more about the little girl. I'll put it on the blog when I get it. I would automatically write this off as some kind of fraud, but fundraisers like this are very common here. It is not at all unusual for to see fundraisers for cancer patients who are taking drugs that the NHS won't cover or a surgery that they won't pay for. The young man who called last night must have not been getting many positive responses because he sounded so relieved and grateful when I told him he could send me some tickets. Will keep you posted.


Gotta go. Maddie will be wrapping up her dance class in just a minute and I like to catch the tail end of the class. She is just too cute.