Blogging will be light today, as Meryl is trapped in a local hospital and undergoing a plethora of tests.
As bad as this sounds, consider if the situation were reversed and a local hospital were trapped in her and forced to undergo a plethora of tests.
Expressions of sympathy and well-wishes may be sent to her email account or posted in the comments of this post so that when (not if) she returns to full strength she will know who really loves her and who doesn’t.
Expressions of joy at her sickness should be written in magic marker on a two-by-four and shoved up your ass. (If you need assistance with this, ask your imam for help.).
Regular blogging will resume tomorrow.
UPDATE: Well, she’s not dead, but you’re supposed to break off the tip and feathers of the arrow, immobilize it, and then let the doctors do the removal.
Ha ha – just kidding. (But not about the “not being dead” part, of course. Otherwise I’d be changing templates, sticking up AdSese banners, and raking in the big bucks as the Blogosphere mourners flood the site. Wasn’t that the plan, FrankJ?)
She was watching television last night, started with a spreading numbness in vaious leftward locations, she WebMD-ed herself into calling for an ambulance.
Tests, re-tests, fell asleep inside the MRI machine, the food sucks, and she got the same shock I did when I had a phantom broken toe last year: elevated cholesterol numbers.
She will likely be unleashed upon the world again tomorrow, at which point the Hezbollah agents in America will try to finish her off once again.
I read out the well-wishes in the comments with my usual super-rusty Hebrew pronounciations.
Oh, Tig and Gracie have a full food bowl, so they’ll be fine.
That’s pretty much it, except for that S. and the boys are dropping by.
Tell Meryl that I hope she gets better soon.
Comment by Fabian — 07/21/2006 @ 1:57 pm
Tell Meryl that I hope she gets better soon.
Comment by Fabian — 07/21/2006 @ 1:57 pm
What he said. I needs me daily dose of vinegar to keep me going.
Comment by kev — 07/21/2006 @ 2:36 pm
Hope it all went well. Take care of yourself.
Comment by Kim — 07/21/2006 @ 2:45 pm
I hope all goes well, looking forward to your return!
Comment by Herschel — 07/21/2006 @ 3:05 pm
Hope you feel better soon.
Comment by JRNev — 07/21/2006 @ 3:23 pm
By the time you read this, may you already feel so well that you wonder why we send you best wishes.
Mi’sheberach…
Comment by Andy — 07/21/2006 @ 3:40 pm
What Andy said.
Comment by Alan Furman — 07/21/2006 @ 4:20 pm
Meryl, I want you to know I really enjoy your writing – I hope you are up and at ‘em soon.
Comment by Angie B — 07/21/2006 @ 4:42 pm
Get well soon, and don’t worry yourself sick(er) about Israel like I’m halfway to doing. We’ll take up the worry slack in your absence so you can chill.
Ready, people? If all the lurkers reading this worry ~4% more, Meryl’s worry duties will be more than covered for. (N.B.: this figure accounts for the fact that Meryl is probably worrying at 100%+ right now, too.) So 3, 2, 1…worry more!
Comment by A Steve — 07/21/2006 @ 4:44 pm
I hope it is nothing serious and that she gets well soon!
Comment by Robert — 07/21/2006 @ 5:33 pm
Get well soon. You want to be up and around when Chipmunk Cheeks gets his so you can send him off in the proper fashion.
Comment by Dick Stanley — 07/21/2006 @ 5:36 pm
All the best Meryl, get well soon.
Comment by Brian of London — 07/21/2006 @ 5:40 pm
Yeah, what Andy said. Failing that, get well almost as quick.
Comment by Joel Rosenberg — 07/21/2006 @ 5:48 pm
Just use the Shabbos to rest up and recover. Remember, the best medicine is also the traditional for for Shabbos – Chicken Soup.
All the best
Sabba Hillel
Comment by Hillel (Sabba) Markowitz — 07/21/2006 @ 5:54 pm
Get well soon Meryl!
Comment by Jim Wilkinson — 07/21/2006 @ 6:03 pm
I’m sure she’ll back ASAP and feisty as usual. ;)
Get well soon, Meryl.
Comment by Brandon — 07/21/2006 @ 6:20 pm
I hope the tests turn out alright.
Whatever is wrong, please get well soon!
Best wishes.
Comment by Ken Talton — 07/21/2006 @ 6:26 pm
Refuah Shleimah, Meryl.
Comment by Ezzie — 07/21/2006 @ 6:32 pm
Get well soon!
Comment by seawitch — 07/21/2006 @ 7:10 pm
Meryl, get well soon! This is no time for you to be undergoing a plethora! Seriously, take care of yourself.
Comment by A. Friend — 07/21/2006 @ 7:11 pm
Get well soon, Meryl.
Comment by Derick — 07/21/2006 @ 8:03 pm
I usually lurk. Get well, very soon, Meryl, cause you are my hero when it comes to standing together with Israel! A refuah shlema.
Comment by Barefoot Jewess — 07/21/2006 @ 8:14 pm
Hey Meryl,
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Comment by cond0010 — 07/21/2006 @ 8:37 pm
Here’s something to make you smile – back on June 18th, ‘the’ Cindy Sheehan was inadvertantly banned for troll-like behavior at Tim Blairs Blog…
http://timblair.net/ee/index.php/weblog/comments/st_mother_banned/
Gee… I wonder what they would have done if they knew it was the real Cindy Sheehan?
Comment by cond0010 — 07/21/2006 @ 8:54 pm
Refuah Shleimah, Meryl.
(Yes, I copied that one, but you can’t expect an Indian to learn Hebrew *that* fast…)
Comment by Rajan R — 07/21/2006 @ 9:22 pm
Only expressions of good wishes for a positive outcome! Sounds like a stress reaction – hope you are feeling better soon.
Comment by Barclay — 07/21/2006 @ 10:03 pm
Sorry to hear that you’re ill. May you emerge from this soon with nothing more than a bunch of funny hospital anecdotes.
Comment by jja — 07/22/2006 @ 1:29 am
Mommy Dearest…
While it was indeed Kevin that first gave me my “break” into blogging right here, Wizbang was not the first blog I ever discovered. About 4 years ago I was looking up my favorite writer, Peter David, when I found……
Trackback by Wizbang — 07/22/2006 @ 5:00 am
Excellent Timing…
Apparently one can worry oneself sick. Just when we need her particularly pointed views on the world vs Israel, Meryl decides an ambulance ride might be fun….
Trackback by Overtaken by Events — 07/22/2006 @ 8:46 am
Get back to blogging, woman! Your readers demand it!
Cholesterol, schmolesterol.
J.
Comment by Jay Tea — 07/22/2006 @ 8:49 am
I’ve been through this a couple of times, and the point where you go “So what the hell is actually wrong with me?” comes faster each time. The point where they cough up useful answers, meanwhile, recedes into the distance.
I do hope you’re back at the stand very soon.
Comment by CGHill — 07/22/2006 @ 9:36 am
Thanks for the good wishes, all. And no, cond0010, I never saw that e-card before. Good for a giggle, thanks.
One more post to write, then I’m off to rest for the day.
Comment by Meryl Yourish — 07/22/2006 @ 12:28 pm
True, but I have sent you other ‘Hoops and Yoyo’ cards before. Thats what I was referring to.
Unless you hadn’t read them, of course. ;)
Comment by Anonymous — 07/22/2006 @ 8:11 pm
The … uh… ‘annoying mouse’ above, is me. Heh.
Comment by cond0010 — 07/22/2006 @ 8:14 pm