Sunday, 19 March 2006
Beth: Hospitals
In the past few years, I have begun watching a few hospital shows. I started watching "ER" about four years ago - yes, well after the show started and long after George Clooney left the cast, but I still like it. In recent months, I have also joined the "Grey's Anatomy" bandwagon, and have come to enjoy that cast as well. I am not a die-hard fan of either, but I'll try to watch them if I'm home during the nights they are on.
This may surprise the people that know me well, for I am pretty notorious for my fear of hospitals and all things medically related. I am not sure how I started watching two shows that center around my #1 fear, since they show things that I can't even watch - surgeries, injuries, incisions, etc. all make me turn away. My feet are a little tingly as I type this. But hospitals make me queasy. They smell funny and are full of pain, fear and sorrow. They are not comforting places.
That's why I am thankful that my aunt Sandi never has to go to a hospital again. After a many-year battle with cancer that had spread throughout her body, Sandi passed away at her home in Iowa on Friday, with her immediate family by her side. And although her illness meant we hadn't seen much of their family in recent years, the news is no less painful to hear, save for the fact that we're all glad she's not hurting anymore.
If you are a praying person, please keep my uncle Dave and their children, Jodi and Jon and their families, in your prayers. The days following the funeral on Tuesday will be even harder, I'm sure.
What other people had to say
Rebecca wrote:
I watch ER on Thursdays and every week Mom and Dad tell me never to let you watch the show. So I was quite surprised to read that you tune in. In fact, it was the surprise of 2006 thus far.
Christian wrote:
I wouldn't say that Beth "watches" ER; it's more like she looks at the wall and listens to the dialogue :P
Emily wrote:
So sorry to hear about your Aunt but thankful that she has seen the face of her Creator. I will pray for your family.
About the hospital shows...Curtis cringes at the sight of a hangnail, so we don't watch the hardcore shows...when I say hardcore I mean Dr. 90210, Life in the ER etc. He somehow can stomach the others ie; ER, Grey's, House etc...ahhh...I love Grey's Anatomy though...it's juicy ;o)
~E
Beth wrote:
Hey! I am a Beth too, and I found your blog through google and typing in my name and "needs" haha... I found your entry and laughed so hard. We have alot of stuff in common (imagine that! haha)
I'm putting you as a favorite so I can read your blog!
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