So, sitting on the couch in a lovely post-anesthesia, post percocet haze watching Charlie Bartlett (great movie by the way), Robert notices that there is a police car outside, with the lights flashing. Now bearing in mind we had heard no sirens (for those of you who either live her or have visited us you know this is odd), so being totally nosey we go outside to take a peak. Oh my God it is like a cross between Law and Order and CSI. There are cruisers, there are plain clothes officers, there is a dog, and they are combing the parking lot in front of the house and the back lane over that way with flash lights. The out comes the crime scene do not cross tape - now this covers the whole of the parking lot and we look up the hill and it is cordoned off there too. Now given the incident last week I ask the officers if everything is okay - the answer (to my mind at least) a somewhat facetitous "It's fine now we're here". So we just watch, and watch. Finally since I need to buy some post-op accessories we have to go to the Walgreens, and BOOM we find out what is going on.
There has been a shooting at 25 Bragdon St - just round the corner from us - seriously about 1/2 a block away. Now this house has always given me the willies - just too many folks coming and going at odd hours, the kids (about 5 and 6) all up to late, too many folk hanging around outside - just a little off. And to be honest I had started calling it the "crack house".
All we know so far is that the 5 year old little boy and his 17 year old cousin had been shot on the back porch - apparently by another 17 year old. Oh YAY - I am so glad I have the meds on board right now 'cause I would probably be totally freaking out.
We give it a year now then we are out of here - I finally have that real motivation to save seriously. There is no way in hell that I am letting my baby be raised here. Seriously even Rodrigo across the street who was raised here in Roxbury wants out...North Shore or South Shore - I don't care just somewhere a little less diverse and a little less likely to expose us to this much violence.
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My name is Laura Clos and i would like to show you my personal experience with Percocet.
I am 43 years old. Have been on Percocet for 1 week now. It does kill the pain, but I found that I get itchy with this drug like I do w/ morphine.
I have experienced some of these side effects-
Itchiness and bizarre dreams about zombies.
I hope this information will be useful to others,
Laura Clos
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