Sh*t My Dad Says

[ulitave]

[from a few months ago, while I was still in Liberia.]

ulitave: I caught some local bug.
dad: what's it's called?
ulitave: Puffy leg or puffy foot. The foot and lower leg tend to swell up, the skin turns colors and falls off, it's pretty gruesome.
dad: How do you get it?
ulitave: According to the traditional healer, someone put roots on my doorstep. I

Comments

[tupelo]

Your dad is awesome.

I hope your leg unpuffs.

When I was a kid I knew a lady from way out in the country who used to threaten to put roots on us if we acted up.

[ulitave]

he is kinda awesome. My leg is mostly back to normal, but I look a plain mess.

[raptusanxieux]

What do you step over for the reversal of Root Induced Puffy Lower Leg Syndrome? Jeepers, get well, Dad.

[ulitave]

the same traditional healer gave me a remedy. It worked - for a while. I need a western doctor.

[naimhe35]

I could not imagine anyone not liking you :) that was sarcasm.

So is your leg still puffy? Have you seen a doctor over here?

Yep, dad seems to be one of the coolest.

[ulitave]

Funny!

not yet - need to work out the pre-approvals with the insurance.