[laughter] >> it's a great big universe we are just tiny specks about the size of mickey rooney. [laughter] but you put me with a stick you will be sorry. your book obviously is full of glorious stories with you being with stephen. are there any particular moment or two that you feel that encapsulated the whole experience of that's even possible? >> there are so many stories in different directions but i had a near-death experience i had internal bleeding in my intestines they cannot find the source. so i got over that and went back to cambridge he and i were having dinner one night and we started talking he knew that happened we were talking about it. and all his near-death experiences which at least one per year. >> numerous. >> one of the problems with his disease you have trouble breathing so because of that he was subjected to lung infections think that may have exacerbated it so every year he would end up in the hospital with a lung infection and several times his family or caregivers were told he may not go through so we were commiserating a little bit and he said that's t

could say it is a great big universe and we are really puny, we are 20 specs about the size of mickey rooney but i don't know if that is the road you want to go down. you poke me with a stick and you will be sorry. your book is full of just glorious stories about you being with stephen. are there any particular -- giving too much away -- is there a particular moment or two that you feel were sort of encapsulated the whole experience if that is possible? >> talking about one time i had a near-death experience. i had internal bleeding they couldn't find the source of and when i get back to cambridge next time, he and i were having dinner and i started talking and he knew it happened to me and we started talking about it and talked about his near-death experiences which were at least one a year. >> host: i was going to say, numerous. >> guest: one of the problems of the disease is difficulty breathing as it picks up your body and because of that, week lungs, he was subject to lung infections. that exacerbated it so he would end up in the hospital with a lung infection and several times his fami