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Not a one. But I don't feel

Mathias Baden — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:27:52 -0600

Not a one. But I don't feel bad at all, since I went to the hospital in cognito -- well, it was 11 p.m. when I got there. I checked in at 4 a.m., after a bunch of failed tests showed no problems with me. I guess if you don't know what's going on with your body and it certainly isn't working right and the emergency room doctors can't figure it out, then you best have another doc take a look. This kind of thing isn't cheap, though, even with good health insurance.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

Oh, man! I totally thought

Ruth Anne Maddox — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:52:18 -0600

Oh, man! I totally thought this post was going to be about that kid who was 12 in 1972 and was collecting get well cards and the memo is going around the Internet and around the world still -- I wanted to see how he and his grandkids are doing these days ;-)

Glad to hear you're feeling better, though, Mathias. Did you collect any cards?

Messages to the kid in the hospital

Mathias Baden — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:37:00 -0600

You know the scene in "Return of the Jedi" when Han Solo is released from carbonite? Princess Leia Organa, disguised as the bounty hunter Bossk, is there holding him, as he suffers the effects of illness caused by his captivity. Han asks who is she.

"Somebody who loves you," she replies.

Her soft voice reassured him -- once she took off her mask.