They had to warp 9 her ass to where he was being worked on and almost had to leave Geordie in the hands a bunch of wackadoo morons with an inferiority complex in order to get her there in time.

oh shit I forgot that was the Pakled episode. Rofl.

Picard just didn’t want the rest of the crew knowing that he had a mechanical heart. It was pure fucking vanity.

good point