Laughing: Good Medicine or Health Hazard?

I spent the morning with John. I'm not sure I'm very good for him because I make him laugh (when he's eating, even) and that makes him choke. I've read multiple times at the health benefits of laughter. In fact, my niece and I were reading last night in some magazine about things to do to be healthier. Laughing every day was one of the things, so today was medically beneficial to me. For John, I don't know if the laughing offset the choking or what. But regardless, I had fun, even if I did almost kill him.
People sometimes ask me what I do when I go see John. I do what I do when I go so many of my friends. We sit and talk. I talk more than he does, but that was the case before he got sick. Now, I will admit, that a few years ago, John would not have been able to sit around for 3 hours and talk. We would have DONE something, whether go bowling, walk the neighborhood, or work in his yard. So I think the sitting around talking in harder on him than me.
This afternoon I talked to the Singer from MN. She is flying high. She is so full of excitement and enjoyment and everything, she can't contain it. I am so happy for her.
I haven't talked to the Imp today, but yesterday she was still complaining about how sore she was from volleyball. Volleyball camp has definitely helped her deal with the Singer and Mom (that's me) being away this week. The Imp is definitely a home-body. She is happiest when the whole family is home, in the same room, preferably playing together, but even if I'm on the computer and Hubby is reading and the Singer is watching TV, she 's happier if we all do it in the same room.