From the it-could-be-worse files

Still sick. Still coughing. Not enjoying. But apparently sports are there to remind me that at least my jugular carotid artery's intact, unlike NHL player Richard Zednik, who took a skate to the neck tonight -- shades of Malarchuk indeed. Zednik's had surgery and is stable tonight, though.

(For the brave, I link to the YouTube, but only because the quality is such that you can't really see the blood.)