In todays newspaper (Ha'aretz) was the most horrific story. An eighteen month old baby boy died in a Tirat Carmel hospital from an overdose of the heroin-replacement drug Methadone. The 27 year old mother along with her drug addict boyfriend are suspected. The police believe the boyfriend administered the drug to the baby with the mother's assistance.
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The extra line-spaces are there for a purpose ie, to let the above really sink-in.
Last night signalled the beginning of my self-imposed EXILED bed-rest until I do my bloods. The Donor flew back to South Africa last night and I have come for a bit of R & R at my in-laws. When I arrived here (sans children - they had arrived earlier), my mother-in-law (MIL)told me that she had had the following conversation with the children earlier:
Adam: I am the first-born (bit of a big deal in Judaism)
Noam: I am the second-born
Adam: No, you are the 'sandwhich'
MIL: What do you mean?
Adam: We will have a baby next year, so Noam will be the sandwhich (in-between).
Weird and totally freaky!
HYDROSALPINX INFORMATION
"Q: In which cases does removal of the fallopian tubes improve the outcome?
A: In recent years, impressive evidence has shown that hydrosalpinx (swollen fallopian tubes, filled with fluid) can reduce chances of implantation. It seems that the reason for this is that the fluid in the fallopian tubes contains inflammatory products that leak into the abdominal cavity and damage the embryo trying to implant itself in the endometrium. In cases of recurrent failure of IVF therapy, the condition of the fallopian tubes should always be assessed using a hysterosalpingogram and ultrasound scan. If the state of the fallopian tubes is very poorly, and might affect the implantation of the embryos, the benefit of their removal should be considered. The removal of oneor both fallopian tubes is performed by laparoscopy, where a laparoscope (a fine telescope) is inserted through an umbilical incision."
