Good news. Despite my preference not to steal her thunder I am surreptitously posting this while Lisa Marie is distracted chatting with her friend Anne. After weening herself from her diet of guacamole milk shakes my stupendous sibling had the dreaded tube of NG removed today. Planned start on clear liquids tomorrow and solid food a day or two after that. Preliminary projections of escape from Alcatraz this weekend!!!! Wahoo!

To quote a song:
We gotta get out of this place
If its the last thing we ever do