Thank you, Ceris

Thanks for the Outfoxed DVD and the book, War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges. My Inner Frenchman got most of the way through it while sitting in the hospital today and says that it's an incredible book--one that every American should read. He urges my readers to read the selected pages found here and to check out the Hedges interview at TomPaine.org.

Speaking of hospitals, they finally released my daughter without doing the emergency surgery. A cat scan suggests that another course of action might be sufficient. We're going to continue the treatment they gave her in the hospital for a couple of days, and if she doesn't improve, surgery may still be required.

I can't really say more than that without violating her privacy--even if I am pseudonymous. I will say, however, that her condition is complicated by a problem that is a result of malpractice. Those who would minimize the suffering of people who have been maltreated by incompetent doctors should meet someone like my daughter. She'll be in pain for he rest of her life and at some point, she will probably be unable to work--although the other costs she endures may be even worse than that.

If there is one thing that both The General and my Inner Frenchman can agree upon it's that the supporters of tort reform can go fuck themselves. If they saw what my daughter has gone through in the last few years, they'd turn down the AMA money and do the right thing.

I always regret writing about personal things here, but sometimes I need to do it--it's cathartic. I apologize if it detracts from the general feel of Jesus' General and I'll try to keep it at a minimum.