Pets

...that they would only live a few years?

I spent 45 years as a pediatric nurse practitioner. So many times, when people learned about my career field, they would say, "Oh, I could never work in pediatrics," thinking only of the serious and sad areas of pediatrics - oncology, hematology, genetics, devastating developmental delays. I was fortunate to work in out-patient peds, which is largely a happy specialty, especially when the kids are very young - breast feeding questions, sleep questions, potty training, diaper rashes, temper tantrums, ear infections, etc.

I could not have worked in heme/onc or hospice.