I spent this morning at Garden City Hospital again, resigned to the fact I would be in there for several days this time. Pleasantly, this was not the case; I was in & out in three hours today.
The past two nights, I've not been able to sleep at all. It really felt like my right lung was collapsing, and the area of pain was very concerning: a little too close to the appendix for my comfort. Having read online where non-treatment of appendicitis is fatal made my decision to go in this morning all the more logical.
The pnuemonia is actually about 70% gone from my lungs; it's just latched itself onto my bottom rib and bottom right lung, which explains the pain. I received two pain injections and got a prescription for the "dad medicine" (Motrin). That 800 mg. dose I hope to take tonight will go a long way towards a good night's sleep, hoping it doesn't make me late for my first day back to work tomorrow.
Sick or not, I still wouldn't have been in until tomorrow anyway. Three new cabs were purchased, but the owner ran out of time to plate them. He doesn't feel comfortable having the new cabs being driven around with only the temporary sticker on them. I can't say I blame him: myself, I'm still not comfortable about picking up in Melvindale & Inkster; another ticket was issued over the holiday to another driver in Melvindale. I still don't see why cities don't honor the mandates the state passes down. We are, after all, licensed by the state in our current capacity. These cities have a mind of their own.
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Flipping thru the channels last night while trying to find a rare comfortable sleeping position, I saw a CNN piece where a state wants to disallow the death penalty (by lethal injection) in one death row case, citing "cruel & unusual punishment".
True, there is something in the Constitution that bars an individual from having to go through the process. But how can they complain that lethal injection is cruel & unusual punishment? What did the guy do to get on death row anyway? Consider the crime he committed: multiple murders. Now go talk to the victims' families. Buried underneath their mourning is their view: what type of punishment did the victims go through -- nice and normal?
More than ever, criminals are being harbored, while not only victimizing their "prey", but the families as well. The "two sides to every story" line in this case is hogwash to me. Everything should even out in the end when it comes to this case. There's no room to be politically correct when it comes to dishing out consequences to those who've proven to kill.
