Discussion (7) ¬

1. 
   Bill Minkler

   February 17, 2012 at 11:55 am | #

   Dismay! Wow, that’s bad news. But they took her to a good place. St. Michaels in Toronto is a leading teaching and research hospital. Among their specialties are neuron function and lesions of the amygdala.

   Seriously, I have no idea what St. Michael’s specialties are, but it’s for real, and they should be able to take good care of ma.
2. 
   Greg

   February 17, 2012 at 1:17 pm | #

   “What on Earth did you say to her?” Hahahaha!
3. 
   Bob

   February 17, 2012 at 7:10 pm | #

   Bill. I don’t know about that. When my mother was in nursing training there in the 1940′s, the student nurses would wait 5 seconds after turning the lights on in a room to let the cockroaches scuttle for cover.
4. 
   Bill Minkler

   February 17, 2012 at 8:29 pm | #

   Bob, Sorry, I didn’t know about that. They didn’t have good insecticides till after WWII. But if Ma is in a state of Dismay, with a damaged amygdala, she probably won/t notice a roach or two (or three.)
5. 
   Roy

   February 18, 2012 at 1:08 am | #

   I’d love to know the treatment code for catatonic dismay, I also wonder if you can get that treated in province in Saskatchewan? I wouldn’t be surprised if it is in the new DSM IV though.
6. 
   Bob

   February 18, 2012 at 3:06 pm | #

   At least Ma seems to have a reasonably peaceful countenance. One could imagine her with a twisted, horrified scowl after the impact she received when Velia told her what she and Ben had been doing at church. Assuming Ma recovers, I wonder if there will be lasting effects?
7. 
   Denny

   February 19, 2012 at 11:42 am | #

   Is Velia’s Mom going to be the web comic equivalent of Peter Parker’s Aunt May? Super fragile?