TIL that some languages apparently have words inherently differentiating one's status as a citizen or resident of the entity versus a member of a particular ethnic or cultural group? I don't quite grasp the whole thing, although I heard the point being made. What's interesting to me is a) that there is such a thing, which seems very revealing of something about a culture that would need such concepts built into the language, and b) that there seem to be people who think it's inaccurate to interpret the word choice as meaningful. Firstly, since languages have all sorts of concepts built into them, many very specific to their primary culture of use, it seems reasonable that such a thing could exist. Not that I would have thought of it before, since I'm not from a culture where that sort of subtlety functions. Secondly, if that is, indeed, the subtlety of the word choices, where one essentially and inherently includes people, and the other excludes, then I'd kind o...
Ouch.
ReplyDeleteLast fall (? May have been 2 yrs ago) my grandmother managed to fall out of bed and hit her cedar chest, breaking ribs.
Ooof
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ReplyDeleteUpdate: Mom will live but she is going to look worse before she looks better. Thus far her eye is not in any critical danger, she has been apprised of the important things to watch for; and she has already managed to choke on some water and have a coughing fit without her orbital area puffing up like a balloon and experiencing pain and loss of vision, thus decreasing even further the likelihood of any bone breaks into the sinuses.
ReplyDeleteRetina looks fine, cataract lens did not dislocate, no palpable breaks, no loss of sensation, extraocular movement intact and painless. Nothing oozing out of places it shouldn't be, orbital septum grossly intact. CT deferred unless develops concerning signs. Coincidentally, person on call was an oculoplastic specialist, so exactly who you'd want to see for trauma.
Ice pack off and on, sleep propped or sitting up for a day or two, gentle cleaning of the multiple superficial but still, er, fluid, scrapes and cuts, antibiotic topical ointment if it makes it feel better, artificial tears in eye if it helps with the whole eyelid swollen shut thing rubbing on the eyeball. Mostly right now she just needs to let the whole shock/post-shock reaction run its course.
She has agreed not to drive and not to go up or down stairs, as well as to let us know if she needs something and let us get it. We will probably have that conversation again tomorrow.