I just found out my great-aunt Ernestina was run over by a bus in Mexico
City and is seriously injured. She is 80 something years old and was
leaving work when the accident happened. Yes, you read right. She still
works. She's a remarkable woman, really. Her family did not want her to
attend college, back then women were expected to marry a good guy and
have lots of kids. She had different ideas. She went to Chicago, where
she worked as an elevator attendant while attending university. She
later did graduate work in Paris, I think. She worked two jobs most of
her life, as a psychotherapist in a women's jail and as a professor and
researcher at the National University in Mexico City. She's written
several books and is a very well respected personality in her field.
She loves cats. There were always cats in her house. Lately I heard it
was getting a bit out of control, but that's another story.
Right now she's ailing in a hospital bed. I'm not sure if it's her time
to go or not, but could I have purrs for her to suffer as little as
possible?