geeky crap is highly diverting even under the most trying circumstances

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I’ve reached an all new geek high – now I like Dr. Who.  Teh Smitten has introduced me to the Christopher Eccleston version with Billie Piper.  Its quite charming and I’m totally into it.  He’s also gotten me into The Prisoner – the old 60’s series.  Ah, the wonder of Netflix.  Well, the wonder of the BBC.  The diversion was needed particularly this evening.  My aunt underwent open heart surgery today after a several hour delay.  Then, they had a really hard time getting her off the heart and lung machine – it is very difficult to get diabetes patients off the heart and lung machines and you have to remove those machines before you can close a person up.

It was a rough evening.  First, I got a call from my sister to tell me they were preparing the family for the worst.  That sent me to the bathroom for a wee sob session and surely caused Teh Smitten a fair bit of worry.  Being so far away and independent is difficult at times – I feel so guilty and helpless and impotent.  Also, pissed about the cost of airfare and feeling great regret for not having made the time to visit with my aunt during previous visits home.  And even though I’ve known that her health has been especially precarious for the past week, it took that call for me to finally realize that we may really lose her.  I sat back down next to His Cuteness after a good nose-blowing and told him to put Dr. Who on – and found it most helpful.  A second call came in about an hour later (can’t remember the last time it was so hard to pick up the phone) – this time to relay that they’d finally gotten her off the machine and she would be transferred to the ICU.  The next few days will be critical.  Please, please, please let her make it.

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