Why would a Texan live in Antarctica?

Guess who my patient was today in the CCU? A Texan that works for NASA and lives at McMurdo station in Antarctica! He developed a heart attack and the medical team flew him 6 hours up to Christchurch in a C17 to our unit. Crazy, I come all this way and get to talk Southernese to a cowboy from Texas. I am not sure how much comfort he took in me as his nurse because he was in a lot of pain and was very scared of what all was happening to him. He actually will not be allowed to return to Antarctica because you have to be in optimal health and his right coronary artery was completely occluded and he will probably require surgery. After his angiogram, he was beginning to warm up to me a little. It was nice to hear someone's weight in lbs. and their height in inches instead of the stupid metric system. It was interesting to hear him describe life on the ice...when he left there it was -25 degrees Farhenheit and it is daylight 24 hours a day since it is summer in the southern hemisphere. He is only 42 years old but has smoked his entire life; amazing how many patients we get that smoke and develop heart attacks. I spoke with his mother and sister from Texas and they were country! They were so glad to know that an American was taking care of him!

Anyway, I have just worked 8 days in a row with one day off in between. So Blaine and I are planning on going out of town this weekend into the wilderness to do some camping/hiking! More updates soon!