Wee're Number One

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Some of y'all started coming here for updates on Ro*. When we post stuff about other things, you get a little impatient. We understand, and we'll try to include Ro* information, or "Ro*Fo" , within our other updates. Let's try it out:

Ro* was very pleased to watch her Washington Nationals take their second win in a row against the stinkin' Braves. She could have done without the heart attack drama in the top of the 9th, when the closer walked the leadoff batter, then gave up a double. With 2nd and 3rd bases juiced and no outs, it was looking like yet another Hanrahan Heartbreaker. But wait ... what's this?!? They get three outs and win the game!

Everyone was inspired, but none so much as Ro* - so much so, that she urinated on her own today to celebrate. Yep. She whizzed. She made her bladder gladder. She micturated. She achieved emiction. Life gave her lemons, and she made lemonade. For the first time in 23 days, she

voided

without the assistance (intrusion) of various implements and people.

We're happier about this than we were when she went in the potty for the first time. Here's the thing; ever since we left the hospital, and moreso with each passing day, her lack of production was becoming more and more abnormal. For a few days, or even more, it's easy to blame the various drugs. Then you move to recovery from the surgery as a rationale. As time passed though, the possibilty of nerve damage loomed ever larger. Nobody uttered the words "bladder paralysis", but we all quietly googled it and obsessed about it in the wee dark hours of the night. Nobody wanted to think about it, just like nobody wanted to think about Joel Hanrahan's growing habit of blowing ballgames (see how I brought that back around?)

Tonight, we will celebrate Pee and Poo Independence Day with Chinese food, followed by a special Potty Cake. At Ro's suggestion, it's a yellow cake, with chocolate frosting.

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- Then we will watch the final game of the Nats/Braves series. Hopefully, Atlanta will piss away another one.