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...often part of this disease, when the diabetes is uncontrolled - as it was in his case. The blood sugar test we did two weeks before the operation had been normal. It was quite high now. But Manuel started on insulin, stopped diuresing, got ruddy again and, to my great delight, closed up the cuts on his knee - all in the following week. He wasn't very happy about having to inject himself for the rest of his life and, I think, suspicious that taking out the torn knee cartilage had somehow caused his diabetes, but Manuel was OK. His skin...
...into this lifestyle (and its accompanying apparel) while also allowing themselves to indulge in the sweets of their childhood. Luckily, there is a solution, and it comes in the form of the acceptably hip cupcake.A good cupcake is not much larger than an iPod mini, and its sweetness is delightfully infantile. But unlike animal-ear hats or architecture in Helsinki, cupcakes are literally sweet as well as figuratively twee, making them an excellent snack regardless of taste in style or music.One of the youngest and hippest cupcake shops around recently sprung up in Davis Square, the younger and smaller?...
...This is not an acceptable form of behavior, not acceptable at all," was Susan's excruciatingly well-enunciated and perfunctory response to Junior's screaming. The toddler's defiant delight signaled that he understood just enough to ignore her back. Meanwhile, Mom launched into me with a barrage of excruciatingly well-informed questions. I soon felt like throwing Cheerios...
...play whose main character is devoted to squeezing joy and life out of everything around her, and which could have been similarly strained by the pressure of opening a new institution, “Oh Dad” is remarkably sprightly—and a wicked delight...
...social behaviors. Most will begin smiling back at a loved one in the first four months of life. Most will follow a parent's gaze with their own eyes by eight months. Most will also study a caregiver's facial expressions and mimic exhibits of fear, surprise or delight with their own tiny features. They will babble a conversation back and forth by nine months, respond to their names by 10 months, and begin to point to a desired toy or treat by around a year...