- At June 09, 2009
- By Jeannine Gailey
- In Pneumonia
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This is Glenn. Think good thoughts for Jeannine; she was admitted to the hospital tonight with pneumonia. She is stabile now and resting.
Update: Hey guys! It’s Jeannine, finally healthy enough to be sending an update from the patchy hospital wireless, but wanted to say thank you for all the well-wishes and let you know I’m still in the hospital, waiting to hear from doctors on exactly what’s up with the pneumonia and hoping I can go home soon! I really appreciate your good thoughts and prayers. I finally got a few hours of sleep last night, the first I’ve had since I caught pneumonia, so I am very grateful. On the poetry side, I’m trying to write a poem involving the words sleep deprivation, supersoldier, and infiltrants. (They did a chest CTscan looking for “infiltrants.” I was delighted to learn a new interesting medical term…though I guess I hope I don’t have any of them, since they are cells or body fluids that have passed into a tissue or body cavity.)
Jeannine Hall Gailey served as the second Poet Laureate of Redmond, Washington and the author of Becoming the Villainess, She Returns to the Floating World, Unexplained Fevers, The Robot Scientist’s Daughter, and winner of the Moon City Press Book Prize and SFPA’s Elgin Award, Field Guide to the End of the World. Her latest, Flare, Corona from BOA Editions, was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. She’s also the author of PR for Poets, a Guidebook to Publicity and Marketing. Her work has been featured on NPR’s The Writer’s Almanac, Verse Daily and The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror. Her poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review, Poetry, and JAMA.
Oliver de la Paz
Oh no! Thanks for keeping us posted, Glenn!
Ivy
Oh! Please send my good wishes for a speedy recovery to Jeannine. xo
Sara
Get better soon Jeannine! Sending lots of good thoughts your way.
Karen J. Weyant
Sending prayer, good karma, and good thoughts to the West Coast for Jeannine. Please keep us posted!
Kells
Thanks, Glenn. Please have her give me a call when she’s feeling better. And give her our best.
B-Ho
Oh boy. Yes definitely, my thoughts are with her! Best wishes!!!
Reb
Please pass my best wishes on to her as well. It sounds like a tough couple of years health wise for Jeannine.
Tom C. Hunley
Good grief! Get well soon!
Collin Kelley
Send her my best wishes, Glenn, and keep us posted.
Eduardo C. Corral
i hope you’re resting comfortably, jeannine. did i spell “comfortably” right? i’m a terrible speller.
Carol Lynn
Saying prayers and love for a speedy recovery~~
xo
Carol Lynn
Joannie
Crap! I hope by now she’s feeling better. Way too scary. My thoughts are with you both (and all my good-health energy).
My secret word to post this comment is rests. I hope that’s a good sign.
Peter Joseph Gloviczki
Get well soon, Jeannine, sorry to hear about this.
And by the way, I’d love to write a set of haibun with you 🙂
Peter
Carol Lynn
dear Jeannine, at least your still thinking about writing poems- that’s a good sign 🙂 I’m hoping you’re doing better today~~
love
Carol Lynn