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actually, and then my thoughts would wander to my parents.  Making the TV do what I want was cool, felt good about  that, then I would think about being stuck in the old housing addition at the even older Coast Guard base for the next  six weeks. Let’s face it, I’m riding a rollercoaster of emotions,  with Mr. Bi-polar at the switch.
    My headache was returning with a vengeance, the throbbing was starting to get painful. I would call for a nurse, but  this bed has nothing hooked up to it. Time to revert to the  old standards, I hollered “nurse, nurse, I need something for  my headache, hello, anybody home”? Two nurses popped  their heads through the door, one of them saying, “We’re not  supposed to be in here, but we heard you holler, what is it you  need”? Before I could answer, Nurse Mattie came storming  through the door. “I’ve got this ladies, thanks so much”.
    Nurse Mattie approached my bed as she was putting on  her gloves. “Mercy that was quite loud Billy Speer, so you  need something for a headache”? “It’s not head exploding  level yet, but yeah something would be great”. She made her  way over to the sink and opened the over- head cabinets and  brought down a bottle of something. Taking the cap off of  it, as she came back over to my bed, “hold your hand out”. I  did as instructed, and received to pills, capsules actually. “So  what are these”? “Hospital issue ibuprofen, 800 milligrams,  so it should help for a while”. I looked around for some water  or something, and as if she could read my mind, she pulled  a can of Dr. Pepper out of her smock pocket……my hero.
    Nurse Mattie smiled as she watched me pop down  the pills, with the assistance of Dr. Pepper. Her smile widened as she was listening to Criminal Minds playing in the
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    background. Turning towards the TV, it looked as if she was  pleased or proud, I’m not sure which, but she was definitely  happy with my little achievement.
    “Criminal Minds huh, checking up on us FBI folk”, she  said sarcastically. “It’s my favorite show, because it has a lot  of gore”. “Fair enough….., when you got the TV to come on,  was it on this channel”? “No, it was on the news, I hate the  news”. She stared at me for a moment with a bit of a grin.  “So, you like TV gore, but not real gore”. Real gore was my  parents being burned to death after the lightning struck the  tree, and then fell on the house, so I guess I would not be a  fan of real gore.
    Nurse Mattie could tell by the look on my face that my  mind was elsewhere. “I’m sorry, but after you said that, I  started thinking about my parents”. She came closer to the  bed,” no Billy I’m sorry, that just slipped out”. I raised my  head to meet her eyes, “So what happened with my parents”? Nurse Mattie just looked into my eyes for a moment and said, “They’re going to have to be cremated Billy,  and I’ll be in touch with the funeral parlor for details and  time of the service”. Upon hearing that it now seemed official that I’ll never see my parents again. Even though I  knew they were dead, it didn’t seem real until she told me  that…………damn.
    My head was actually starting to feel better, even after only a few moments of silence. I could tell she didn’t want to push the issue. “I understand my light show in the ER made You Tube, is that right”? Nurse Mattie gave me a sur-prised look, “That is correct, how did you find out about it”?  “Sheriff Pasco told me that his son saw it and told him about

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    it, then I guess he watched it too”. “I see, well I actually do  want you to watch it, but the problem is that I just can’t bring  my phone in for you to see it, you understand”. Boy did I  ever,