You Wouldn't Believe The Stuff We Watch

Faina has been a bit under the weather for the past few days, a cold. Of course in her condition, a cold is nothing to sneeze at (insert groan). With so much rainy, dreary weather of late, we have not gone out much and so television has been asserting its presence. We watch a lot of romantic comedies and last night we watched Leap Year. Tuning in to anything always carries the potential for hitting a raw nerve. In this case that moment came at a wedding party scene. The bride makes a toast and, given the setting, it is a traditional Irish one:
“May you never steal, lie or cheat.  But if you have to steal, then steal away my sorrows.  If you have to lie, then lie with me all the nights of our life. If you have to cheat, then cheat death because I don’t want to live a day without you.” The sobbing rose slowly and dissipated equally slowly. We hugged and held each other tight.

I was thankful that Faina slipped off to lullaby land before the end of Bored To Death. We tuned in late, but in this episode, George (Ted Danson) is diagnosed with prostate cancer and thinks he may not survive the surgery. Jonathan (Jason Schwartzman) visits him before the operation and after George is taken to the operating room sees that the medical file is for a different patient. This leads to halting the surgery and the discovery that George is disease free. In the closing scene George expresses his relief over not having cancer and that he is not going to die. Jonathan points out that his good news is someone elses unwelcome diagnosis.

This morning Faina woke up hungry for cream of wheat and a cup of Earl Grey. She is making a project of eating, trying to maintain her weight. The TPN is good for nutrition, but less of a vehicle for keeping on the pounds. She would also like to gain independence from the intravenous feeding. She gets the TPN for 12 hours now, much easier to deal with than when it was spread over 24 or 18 hours, but the line gets kinked and sets off an alarm and in the time she is up and moving around the tubing invariably gets caught on knobs or furniture and is a constant cause for concern. Dr. K says give it at least a few more weeks. And so it goes.