Author: Tom Faranda

Now she had to choose between her life and her baby's life. Phillips said she agonized only for a while before deciding against taking potentially lifesaving chemotherapy in hopes that she would soon hold a healthy baby in her arms.

We saw Dr. Weinstein (who did the surgery) on Friday. things are comingalong fine. he drained about 25 cc's of fluid from his knee, and will take out the staples this Wednesday. It was the first time we (Tim and I) had seen the incision area, since the ace bandage covred the dressing since the…

Interesting – thay had been a Anglo-Catholic parish, with rites very similar to Roman Catholicism, but still part of the Episcopal communion. At the basilica, before the archbishop, parishioners stood for Communion. But at St. Luke’s, they’ll be allowed to kneel under the guidelines laid out by the Vatican in 2009 when it announced plans…

UPDATE: Got an email from one of my correspondents and she says "sounds like an average American worker, married with kids!" A study, which also references other studies with similar findings. Study: Most Priests Are Happy, Appreciate Celibacy Isolation causes unhappiness. We are meant to be connected with others. The good news here is that…

The surgeon Dr. Weinstein was pleased. A very efficient same day surgery set-up at White Plains hospital. It’s still hard to believe that the technology has progressed so far that you can have a reconstruction of a knee ligament starting around 1PM and be home at 6! Anyway, back at the house now – Tim’s watching the…

As a reminder, Tim suffered a ridiculous flukey injury on the sideline of his football game  two Saturdays ago. This afternoon, he is having his right knee lateral collateral ligament repaired by Dr. Rick Weinstein, at White Plains hospital. We first saw Dr. Weinstein last Monday, and he felt the ligament had to be reconstructed. The…

Brigid's niece June arrived with her daughter Pru for a USA visit a couple of days ago, and came up to visit us Friday evening through yesterday afternoon. People with good memories might recall that June and her husband Andrew visited us this past New Year's - Quick recap of our Aussie visitors!! Here's the post-champagne welcome,…

For how Tim hurt his knee, go here – Tim football: playing well; then a fluke injury on the sideline We are going to Answorth Allen MD, the NY Knicks Orthopedist, on Friday to get a second opinion on his knee injury – thank yous to Jim and Ceil for steering me to Dr. Allen.…