Zombie poetry

I was reading a newspaper article about the latest fad: zombie poetry. It included this poem, and for some reason, it struck me as hilarious. It probably isn't; maybe it just caught me at the right moment. Anyway, here it is.

I know I had
two
arms when I came
into this town
but I seem
to have left one
somewhere.

More Egypt

Just in case anyone's still with me, here's another column from Friedman about Egypt.

Last call, everyone

If you're going to come out and see us before we leave, you're running out of time. So far, we've got Travis and Dana Hammer coming out in March and Jed coming out in May. Anyone else? Going, going, . . . .

Odds and ends

Here are some reports on miscellaneous issues in the Wood family:

1. We got more x-rays of Lindsey's arm today. Everything's in good shape. In three weeks, they'll remove the wire and take off the cast, and she should be as good as new (except that she still can't go skiing for a few more weeks).

2. Speaking of skiing, we were finally able to get Tanner out on the slopes yesterday. He's developed quite a love of skiing. Minnesota's going to be a tough reality check for him.

3. I don't know if any of you are as interested in Egyptian politics as I am these days, but here's a link to the latest column by Tom Friedman. The birth of a democracy, or whatever else Egypt ends up becoming, is a pretty messy process. It'll be interesting to see what Egypt's government looks like in ten years.

Here she is

Here are the pictures of Lindsey's cast. The way they built it, her wrist is bent. I've told her that it looks like she has a permanent sock puppet that she carries around with her.

Egypt in transition

I haven't generally used the blog for a discussion of international affairs, but I'm fascinated to be over here while some earth-shaking events are going on around us: the euro zone may be collapsing, the Middle East is in upheaval, and the Minnesota Timberwolves might finally become a decent basketball team.

I can't wait for our trip to Egypt. How often do you get go watch history in the making? Here's an interesting video from New York Times columnist Tom Friedman from Cairo:

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Things got complicated

Well, things turned out not to be as simple as they looked at first with Lindsey's arm. Last Tuesday, the day we flew out, we went to the orthopedist to get a cast on her arm. He wasn't convinced that we could get away with not "reducing the angluation" (otherwise known as "setting the bone"). He talked to a hand specialist who said that we'd be okay holding off until we got to Switzerland to get a better look.

On Thursday, we headed to the children's hospital in Lucerne. A couple of specialists there got together and decided to wait until today to see if the angulation was increasing or was staying the same. If it were staying the same, they could just keep it in the cast and let it heal itself. Otherwise, they'd have to set it.

Unfortunately, when we got it x-rayed today, the angulation had increased to over 40%. That's wide enough to require a reduction and a pin to hold things in place for a few weeks. So they knocked her out, set the bone, put in a pin, and wrapped it all up. We'll get more pictures a week from now to make sure that everything is stable.

She's doing fine. She's a bit annoyed with her cast, but she'll manage. A couple of hours after she got home, she called me at work to tell me that she had lost a tooth. She was pretty happy.