New Jersey

That is backbreaking, high stress work. For just one thing, if you couldn't wait for your kids to be toilet trained, imagine changing your very sick, very heavy grandfather's diapers and bed linens several times a day until he is discharged or passes.

Life and death situations every day, including deaths of patients, young and old, even tykes, of whom you have grown very fond. Almost like losing a good friend or cousin every few weeks or less. Dealing with patients who cannot help but be awful to deal with. And worse, some who can help it, but choose not to. If you are even a little bit empathetic, it's heartbreaking, too.

Sending every good wish I can muster to them. Solidarity in spades.